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A policy that would create a process to guide the naming of roads, housing estates is finally nearly ready to be adopted by Laois County Council. The progress, ...

Ministers are weighing a wave of foreign interest in Britain’s tech and defence jewels

Britain’s leading travel brand, Thomas Cook, has been slammed by Which? Holiday magazine. A survey published today says the company that pioneered organised tourism in Victorian times has “work to do to get standards up to 21st-century expectations”. The survey of 4,500 Consumers’ Association members criticises Thomas Cook’s “poor quality hotel rooms and unhelpful resort staff”. The firm, which is Britain’s second-largest tour operator, was rated poorest out of 29 for resort re...

John Fingleton; and vice president of Charles River Associates and former CMA director of Economics Matthew Bennett discussed how to navigate the CMA’s approaches in reviewing digital deals, including: the CMA’s current policy position on tech deals and which transactions catch their attention; navigating the CMA’s hold separate orders in digital businesses; building, buying, partnering and countering claims of competition harm; addressing CMA prospective and dynamic theories of harm; an...

BBC News image copyrightGetty Images In a landmark lawsuit, US regulators have accused Facebook of buying up rivals in order to stifle competition. They have made it clear they will seek a drastic remedy - the sale of Instagram and WhatsApp. On this weeks Tech Tent we ask whether it is really likely that the social media giants empire will be dismantled. Listen to the latest Tech Tent podcast on BBC Sounds Listen live every Friday at 15.00 GMT on the BBC World Service New York Attorney General ...

FRIDAY FEATURE: Portlaoise RFC serving the community for over 50 years Reporter:  ); Portlaoise RFC was founded in 1966 and now stands over 50 years in existence. From humble beginnings, the club is now located in Togher with excellent facilities that would have only been a pipe dream over 50 years ago. They can look back proudly and take huge credit at the progress they have made since their inception. After Rathdowney Rugby club ceased in the early 50s, the County of Laois was without a clu...