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Well, we now know what was in the Budget!

The perfect fit arises when the right person is placed in the right job. No square pegs in round holes, no ‘making do’, no ‘getting by’.

Most people today recognise that the Internet has well and truly transformed modern life. If you think back to the early 1990s, you recall that everything – from sending mail, to banking, to checking the weather or finding the phone number of your favourite restaurant – was utterly different.

THE new one per cent levy enforced by the Government on the working population and their families in Kilkenny has been condemned by Labour Councillor Noel Frawley.

The downside of the economic boom of the past 20 years is the loss of much of our direct human contact, the launch of COPE Galway’s development strategy was told earlier this week.

Despite fears to the contrary, the Christmas period turned out better than hoped for by restaurateurs around the country, according to a survey of Irish catering establishments.

IBEC wants massive cuts in the numbers employed in the public service but it has nothing to say about the mismanagement and corruption which has brought the Irish banking system to its knees.

Avril Doyle was “a giant in Irish politics” and emulating her success in Europe will be a challenge, Senator John Paul Phelan said as he was officially confirmed as the Fine Gael candidate for Ireland East.

It might be time to invest in a few bank shares again. There seems to be a big tightening up in procedures and lending policy, which should lead to profits rolling in like in the good old days of just a few years ago.

The Small Firms Association (SFA) has called for the establishment of a €600 million fund aimed at providing grant aid to the small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector as more companies struggle with rising business costs.