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CONSUMER HEALTH:Irish Life employees are hoping to raise €100,000 for the Irish Cancer Society by swimming the English Channel. RONAN McGREEVYlooks back at how it all began and how the final training is progressing

THE RECESSION has affected many businesses badly, not least the financial services sector which has received the bulk of the blame for the downturn.