Laura Slattery

Laura Slattery

Journalist

Laura Slattery is a journalist for The Irish Times, writing about media, advertising and miscellaneous business topics. Her Media & Marketing column and Teleprinter round-up of news in the sector appear in the Business + Technology supplement on Thursdays. She also compiles the Planet Business compendium for Business This Week on Fridays. She previously wrote about personal finance for the newspaper, and has covered economic stories and the food-and-drink industry, as well as blogging on IrishTimes.com.

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Jerry Carey, managing director and founder of IBS, now part of the Xerox group. The company is adding 90 jobs. Photograph: Maura Hickey
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Seán Dunne’s US court appeal says that in the absence of a stay he and his property will be subject to Irish insolvency proceedings “adversely impacting his rights, interests and liberties in numerous significant ways”. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons
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Broadcaster and magazine publisher Norah Casey is to step down from her role co-presenting Newstalk Breakfast for personal reasons.
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Publisher will host a weekend programme on the radio station from the autumn

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