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A Canadian billionaire and his wife have been found dead in the basement of their Toronto mansion.more

A third of all Londoners aged between 21 and 35 still live with their parents with most saying it is because they cannot afford to move out, new research has revealed. More than half of those who still live in their family home (54 per cent) said they could not afford to buy or face paying the notoriously expensive rent prices in the capital, the survey found.more

David Cameron is to take on a new role leading a UK government-backed investment initiative between Britain and China.more

The fight generated 4.3 million domestic pay-per-view buys and more than $600 million in total revenue, Showtime announced.more

THE GOVERNMENT IS expected to approve a bumped up pay packet to attract "a candidate of the required calibre" to the vacant role of Garda Commissioner. Former commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan retired from the position in September and Donal O' Culáin has been in the role of Acting Garda Commissioner since her departure.more

Gardaí have issued a warning to anyone in the North Cork area about 'high-quality' fake €50 notes in circulation. A number of the fake fifties are believed to have been exchanged in Charleville and Rathmore over the past couple of weeks, according to the Corkman.more

Minister for Health Simon Harris has said he would like to see a maximum charge of €10 for a child to attend a GP. Minister Harris appeared on TV3's The Sunday Show with Sarah McInerney when the topic of GP costs came up.more

Shoppers in the UK will spend a record £4.2bn on food and drink in the final week before Christmas, shrugging off higher prices caused by the fall in the value of the pound since the EU referendum.more

Figures from the Department of Social Protection show 39,500 EUR was spent housing just one Cork family under its exceptional needs payment scheme. The scale of the payments has prompted fresh calls for money to instead be spent on keeping vulnerable families in their rental accommodation.more

Employers are being encouraged to hire workers over 50 with a new €10,000 bonus. It is part of a Government incentive to get middle aged people, who lost their job during the recession, back to work.more

The distraught owner of a laptop containing $100 million (£74m) Bitcoins is begging Newport Council to let him dig for it in his local rubbish dump after he threw it away.more

Almost half of parents will resort to 'extreme action' - such as skipping meals - after spending too much on Christmas presents for their children this year, new research reveals. A fifth see the festive season as a big financial burden, while a third dip into savings and overdrafts to pay for toys and treats, the Barclays poll shows.more

NBP data shows that ATMs are systematically withdrawn. The maintenance of ATMs is expensive, and with each month the number of points honoring payment cards increases.more

The European Union has published its first blacklist of tax havens, naming 17 territories including Saint Lucia, Barbados and South Korea.more

Most companies will spend between 100 and 300 zlotys per employee - according to a survey by Randstad and TNS Polska. more

The move is slammed as a "kick in the teeth" for passengers at a time wages are failing to keep apace with price increases.more

Britain's record on tackling poverty has reached a turning point and is at risk of unravelling, following the first sustained rises in child and pensioner poverty for two decades, a major report has warned. Nearly 400,000 more children and 300,000 more pensioners are now living in poverty than five years ago.more

It could be a very happy Christmas for Irish retailers with shoppers taking advantage of rising wages and falling prices to spend significantly more in the weeks ahead, a new report suggests. Irish consumer spending will reach its annual peak in December with households set to spend an average of €2,654 in shops this month.more

The Treasury joins European efforts to prevent virtual currencies being a vehicle for crime, including terrorism and tax evasion.more

Millennials are taking more expensive holidays because they believe saving enough money to buy a house is unrealistic, a travel expert has said.more

As much as 18 percent of Polish commuters admit to use urban transport without a valid ticket. more

A new opinion poll revealed 50 percent of voters would want a second referendum on Brexit after it was revealed the UK's divorce bill could be as much as £50billion.more

More than 6,600 households are fighting back after announcements by the country's four biggest broadband retailers that they are raising their prices. Eir, Virgin, Vodafone and Sky have all announced price rises coming into effect at different points between this October and January next year.more

8 million Poles are experiencing poverty and social exclusion - according to the newest "Szlachetna Paczka" report. more

Croydon could soon be home to the UK's second tallest building after plans to build a 68-storey skyscraper were given the go-ahead. London Mayor Sadiq Khan recently signed off plans to build One Lansdowne Road, a complex containing the 944ft tower along with a slightly smaller 41 storey building.more