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Fat Cats

Shareholders are at last stirring out of their lethargy over the outrageous pay packages awarded to the top managers of mega-banks, the standout case being the 27 per cent vote against the pay plan for Barclays’ execs. As the UK business minister, Vince Cable, pointed...

Lucy Phelan

‘Stories, fables and tails’ at The Tipperary Excel Centre in August is my first solo show and I am very excited at the prospect of seeing ALL the pieces hang together for the very first time. It has been an exciting journey, sometimes peppered with panic and the odd...

Saladuha takes Triple Jump title

If there is a perfect way to win a major title then Ukraine’s Olha Saladuha demonstrated it before another superb crowd here in Helsinki tonight as she retained her triple jump title at the European Athletics Championships. Saladuha’s first round effort...

Tackling the crisis head-on

Estonia, across the Baltic, with close linguistic, historical and economic ties with Finland and Sweden, is a nation of just 1.3 million. After it regained its independence in 1991, it opted for free trade, flat taxes, fiscal and monetary restraint and stable exchange...