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A Department of Family and Social Welfare cheque, worth €2,043, was posted to the wrong address where it stayed for several weeks until a man, faced with mounting financial problems, took the chance of lodging the cheque into his own bank account and withdrawing the money, the Galway District Court heard this week.

With more than 12,500 farms in County Mayo, pre-nuptual agreements could become commonplace.

A Mullingar woman alleged to have stolen more than €50,000 has been sent forward to the Circuit Court for trial.

If you are starting up or running a small business then now is a good time to consider your financial strategy.

Marvao Medical Devices, an early stage Irish medical device company base din Galway and focused on commercializing new products that reduce the risk of catheter related infections, has secured investment of €1.3 million in a funding round led by the AIB Seed Capital Fund along with earlier private investors including Harmac Medical Products and the Western Development Commission.

Ballina councillor Michelle Mulherin says that a key aim of a Fine Gael government will be to support families and businesses in debt trouble.

A Kilkenny man who stole a €27,000 competition fund for young Dublin inner city dance students has received a three year sentence with the final 12 months suspended.

The members of Castlebar Town Council this week agreed to drop the rateable valuation for the year by one per cent. The new rate will be €70.94 for 2011.

The arrival of an unrealistically high rates bill on the doorstep has the potential to crush a struggling business and put jobs at risk, says Galway Chamber of Commerce CEO Michael Coyle, who is calling for Galway’s local authorities to relieve the severe burden placed on businesses.

With the busiest shopping period of the year upon us, especially online, the public and retailers alike are being advised to take steps to protect themselves from fraud by the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation.