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Network cabling company Kedington has just landed a deal worth €500,000 to install a high-definition copper network at Fortis Bank.

Lionbridge, a provider of localisation and translation solutions, has won a four-year contract worth €2 million to deliver interpretation services to the Irish Courts Service.

MY DIRTY LITTLE BOOK OF STOLEN TIME. By Liz Jensen, Bloomsbury, €19

Irish bioenergy technology company Bedminster International has signed a €117million agreement with WeCare Holdings of New York for a waste-treatment facility in the United States.

Irish telephony company Diacom has secured a deal worth €345,000 with Hotel Partners to provide telephony services to three hotels under its management.

Cork car dealer Top Car has announced plans to invest €16 million in a new facility in Blarney, five miles west of Cork city.

The Centre for Entrepreneurship at the Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) has secured EU funding worth €500,000 to develop a regional model for research and technology development (RTD) investment strategies.

Satnavhire.ie is the first company in Ireland to offer satellite navigation systems for short-term hire.

Established in 2003 by twins Michael and Ciaran Crean, MicksGarage.ie is the only Irish-based online retailer of car parts and accessories for direct delivery to customers.

An innovative food-labelling scheme was given the red light last week by two of Britain’s largest supermarkets.

Motor insurance premiums, which are at their lowest since 1999, will begin to rise again in the New Year, driven up by the recent increase in the number of car accidents on Irish roads.

Gentlemen & Players, by Joanne Harris, Doubleday, €14.

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Irish motorists can now choose from a greater range of car-finance options than ever before but, for many, a standard bank loan is the preferred choice.

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First Boredom, Then Fear: The Life Of Philip Larkin, by Richard Bradford, Peter Owen, €27.65.

Grafton Employment Solutions Portfolio has acquired well-known Dublin recruitment agency Mary B Cremin Recruitment (MBC) in a €5 million deal.

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has signed a five-year, €5.7 million deal to provide mobile telephony operator O2 with a range of managed services for its Irish operation.

Recruitment group Collins McNicholas has invested €70,000 in a new candidate referral scheme being operated in conjunction with the Radisson SAS Hotels throughout Ireland.