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Writer Marie Heaney, Social and Family Affairs Minister Mary Hanafin and RTE presenter Miriam O'Callaghan at an event in aid of An Cosan in Dublin

Lise Hand: How women can prevent us from being manhandled again

Tuesday March 09 2010

THESE days, behind every set of newsmaking initials -- AIB, BOI, FAS, NAMA and the DDDA for example -- stand lots and lots of men.

State to get €130m from IL&P in guarantee deal

Thursday March 04 2010

Irish Life & Permanent expects to hand over up to €130m to the State this year as a result of higher costs associated with the new banking guarantee scheme.

Extra 250,000 jobs to boost 'white collar' force by 2015

Wednesday March 03 2010

HALF of all employees will be 'white collar' workers in five years' time, says an influential report which predicts that an extra 250,000 jobs will be created between now and 2015.

Maeve Dineen: Reshuffled Cabinet needs new portfolios to target financial crisis

Monday March 01 2010

As Brian Cowen prepares for a cabinet reshuffle, he should give serious thought to creating a few portfolios to help defeat this financial crisis.

Recovery a pipe dream until NAMA doors open

Tuesday February 23 2010

Uncertainty over the future of the banking sector represents a weight around the neck of those who raise money for Ireland

Departing foreign lenders will leave credit hole in their wake

Wednesday February 10 2010

THEY provided one-third of all loans in boom-time Ireland, but now there are increasing signs many of them are preparing to exit the market.

Letters: Upset at eating disorder nonsense

Sunday January 31 2010

Sir -- I feel slightly nauseous. I just finished Niamh Horan's article in Life magazine (Sunday Independent, Jan. 24, 2010) and I am extremely upset. .

Don't treat public servants as 'special'

Wednesday January 27 2010

JACK O'Connor of the ICTU encourages a work-to-rule and then has the brass neck to preach to the Government that it must not be "confrontational", as a consequence -- as though public servants represented by ICTU and its affiliates were some sort of special group of employees.

Smurfit chief backs slow, sustainable resurgence

Tuesday January 12 2010

THE Celtic Tiger may not roar again, but Europe could be at the beginning of a "slow, sustainable recovery", Smurfit Kappa boss Gary McCann has said.

Turning water into wine: Le Bon Crubeen

Saturday January 09 2010

Is it age? Is it a creeping cynicism? Why do I feel guilty when I tell you I'm glad the hype of the festive season is over? Maybe my formative years of watching Ebenezer Scrooge's conversion from grouch to a man bouncing with bonhomie, Christmas cheer and goodwill to his fellow man have left me uncomfortable with confessing to an occasional 'bah humbug'! Even though this year it all seemed more muted than in others,

Michael Brennan: Star player Lenihan shows true grit in face of ill health

Tuesday January 05 2010

FINANCE Minister Brian Lenihan went to a rugby-playing school and is a keen supporter of the Athlone Town soccer club.

NAMA will bring us to total ruin

Wednesday December 23 2009

While not wanting to be a doom merchant, I believe that Ireland Inc is going to go from crisis to total economic collapse.