ONE THOUSAND LAWYERS EARN ?200K A YEAR

LAWYERS have emerged as the big winners from the recent economic boom, with latest figures indicating that over 1,000 barristers and solicitors are earning in excess of ?200,000 a year ? almost eight times the average industrial wage. Figures obtained by the Sunday Tribune show that lawyers dominate the list ...
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28-12-03

Shane Coleman Political Correspondent

HUNDREDS OF JOBS TO GO AS STRICKEN CIÉ CUTS SERVICES

<p>Hundreds of redundancies, the withdrawal of some CI&#201; services, garage closures and a pay freeze are all being seriously considered as the company faces an unprecedented threat to its financial viability. </p> <p>Dramatic cost savings are being proposed by the group which two months ago sought a 20% fare rise ...
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23-11-08

Shane Coleman, Political Editor

HISTORY II - THIS TIME IT'S PERSONAL

WHATEVER you think about the Lisbon treaty - for, against or neither - it's nice to be asked. For this exercise in consulting the people comes at a time when a debate is raging about whether democracy itself is in retreat. The heady days after the collapse of the Berlin ...
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01-06-08

Richard Aldous

ONE DAY, MR PIG. THE NEXT, BACON. THE NEXT, A HAT

IRISH milliner Philip Treacy is in mourning. His pet Jack Russell, Mr Pig, died last week. And he confesses to being "devastated". "He acted like he owned me and the shop was his, " Treacy said. "He led the most glamorous life . . . he was photographed by Bruce ...
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19-09-04

BURKE GIFT DRAGS IN WOGAN, DE BURGH

TWO of the biggest names in the Irish entertainment industry, Chris de Burgh and Terry Wogan, may be called to give evidence to the Flood Tribunal about a payment of £35,000 to Ray Burke in 1989. De Burgh and Wogan were among the directors of Century Radio when one of ...
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06-02-00

Matt Cooper