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Wednesday October 22nd, 2008

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Gormley Outlines Carbon Budget

Last week, commenting on his second Carbon Budget, John Gormley T.D., Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government said that "the latest Environmental Protection Agency figures showed that, contrary to recent speculation, carbon emissions for 2007 were actually down 1% on the previous year... Read more...

Social Welfare Spending Rises By Nearly Three Billion

The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Mary Hanafin TD, last week outlined €515 million worth of improvements in social welfare rates for the coming year... Read more...

Robinson And McGuinness Discuss Economy With Business Leaders

First Minister Rt Hon Peter D. Robinson MP MLA and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness met local business leaders this week to hear at first hand the difficulties their sector is facing in the current economic climate Read more...

Public Sector Earnings And Employment Up In Year To June

Average weekly earnings in the Public Sector (excluding Health) rose by 1.7% in the year to June 2008 Read more...

Irish Trips Overseas Up In August

Overseas Trips by Irish Residents increased by 3.7% to 845,600 in August 2008 compared to 815,700 in August 2007. This brings to 5,515,300 the number of overseas trips so far in 2008, an increase of 5.1% over the same period in 2007 Read more...