Ireland

No rest for the wicked

August is usually when we reach the peak of the silly season (if you take a positive view of it – many would term it the trough).

The Quinn quandary

Olympic fever has the UK in its grip, and it’s becoming increasingly difficult to find a news story in the national press that isn’t somehow related to the games.

HCC posts $60m net earnings rise

Specialty insurance group HCC Insurance Holdings has posted net earnings of $176.1m (£112.7m) for the first six months of 2012, up on the $116.5m recorded for the same time last year.

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