Fifty new jobs have been announced this morning at Aer Arann.

RTE's Director General Noel Curran says the broadcaster's top presenters could face further pay cuts.

Bank of Ireland has written to 1,200 customers in the UK threatened with an increase in their mortgage rates to tell them they will now not face the extra charge according to the Guardian.

Journeys across Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus and Irish Rail fell to 229 million last year, down by almost 3.5 million on 2011, according to the group's annual report for 2012.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) today put pressure on British Chancellor George Osborne to change economic course in a critical assessment of the state of the British economy.