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Students say college levies are 'fees by the back door'

Friday November 20 2009

A NEW row over third-level funding has been sparked by student union claims that colleges are using most of their €1,500-a-head registration charges to plug gaps in state funding.

Pilots give Aer Lingus outsourcing ultimatum

Friday November 20 2009

AER Lingus pilots have issued an ultimatum to bosses at the troubled airline to stop all outsourcing if an almost €100m cost-cutting deal is to be agreed.

Mary refuses to play ball in face of some snide kicks

Friday November 20 2009

OH WOE is us. We can handle banjaxed banks, politicians' expenses outrages, a brutal Budget. Anything but this; the bitterest end to our riches-to-rags story.

Freedom of Information laws a waste of resources, says Cowen

Thursday November 19 2009

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen claimed yesterday the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act was being abused by long-winded requests.

New Central Bank chief wants salary cap lifted

Thursday November 19 2009

THE new governor of the Central Bank has come out against capping the salaries of top-earning bank executives.

What we can expect from FG and Labour

Wednesday November 18 2009

THE main opposition parties were last night keeping their Budget plans close to their chests until to the December 9 Budget.

Bank auditors on up to €3,000 a day

Wednesday November 18 2009

ACCOUNTANTS from the company which gave Anglo Irish Bank the all-clear are now getting paid up to €3,000-a-day to examine the books of Irish Nationwide, writes Michael Brennan.

Lenihan signals Budget plan to hit the lower paid

Wednesday November 18 2009

FINANCE Minister Brian Lenihan last night gave his strongest hint yet that he plans to bring lower-paid workers into the tax net.

Six lose their lives in 12 hours of carnage on roads

Wednesday November 18 2009

FOUR young women were killed last night in a horror head-on collision in the west.