Top stories in the papers this week 5 – 11 February 2011
Review of JLC rates to go ahead; Jail for man caught with 280,000 cigarettes; IN&M may sue over unauthorised special edition of 'Tribune'
Print10 February 2011
1.Review of JLC rates to go ahead
The government has confirmed its proposed review of JLC pay rates will go ahead and will be finished in April. Following the move, the Irish Independent reports the wages of more than 300,000 low-paid workers are now under threat. However the review is supported by Chambers Ireland, ISME, RGDATA and the Small Firms Association, which all believe employers cannot afford to pay the existing rates.
2. Jail for man, 63, caught with 280,000 cigarettes
A 63-year-old man has been jailed for having a huge stock of cigarettes for sale without tax stamps at his home. The Irish Examiner reports that Liam Kenneally has been sentenced to three years in prison with half of this term suspended at Cork Circuit Criminal Court. In 2009, over 280,000 cigarettes and 3.3 kilos of tobacco were found at his home, with some 10,000 more cigarettes in his car and in another person’s house.
3. IN&M may sue over unauthorised special edition of ‘Tribune’
Independent News &Media is considering taking legal action against Associated Newspapers for publishing a version of the Irish Mail on Sunday that used the Sunday Tribune’s masthead. The Irish Times reports the company is also planning to make a complaint to National Newspapers of Ireland (NNI) and will seek to have Associated expelled from the body. The matter is expected to be raised at NNI’s board meeting next week.
4. Amazon buys Tesco’s ‘shed’ in Walkinstown
Amazon, has bought the former Tesco warehouse at Greenhills Industrial Estate in Dublin 24, in the largest industrial property sale of the last 12 months. The Irish Independent reports the 22,539 sq m facility had been on sale for over two years after Tesco decided to move its warehousing operation to Turvey in Donabate, Dublin. Neither party disclosed the price, yet Tesco’s agents had quoted €7.5m at one stage.
5. Six million illegal cigarettes seized
Six million contraband cigarettes have been seized after an international surveillance operation. The Belfast Telegraph reports the haul was discovered by Customs officers in two commercial vehicles in Coolock, north Dublin. Six suspects were interviewed by officials, but no arrests were made. It is estimated the cigarettes, that arrived into Dublin Port from China, represented a potential loss to the exchequer of €2.1 million.
Also:
Guinness firm sees profits rise (Irish Independent)
M&S poaches Tesco’s online chief to give it web reboot (Irish Times)
Food sector sets out recommendations for next government (Food and Drink Industry Ireland)
Landlords are urged to keep on top of their rents (Irish Independent)
Tenants sign up for Millfield centre (Fingal Independent)
-The €80m Naul Road development in Balbriggan will be anchored by the largest Tesco store in Dublin
British retail sales up in January (Irish Examiner)
Retailers enjoy 2.3% bounce in sales after big freeze (Belfast Telegraph)
Shutting up shop – an overview of recent closures (Irish Times)
Crisp sales soar amid downturn (Belfast Telegraph)
Faltering UK recovery would spell trouble for Irish exporters (Irish Times)
FG aims to tackle ‘scourge of emigration’
-Fine Gael proposes an education scheme for 17,000 former retail and construction workers
Survival of the fittest… or should that be biggest? (Belfast Telegraph)
-An insight into how NI retailers are currently faring
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