Friday interview: Jim Barry, investment chief at BlackRock Alternative Investors

Seen & Heard: Retail slumps, Chinese expand in Dundalk and Revenue clampdown

Call for change in law to end untraceable cash payments for scrap metal

State’s largest waste firm says workers too afraid to give evidence against gangs

Bones not being treated as suspicious, gardaí say

Skull among items being tested following discovery, say gardaí

Seen and Heard: US companies criticise work permit delays as Saudi trade ties deepen

Private-equity funds control our shopping, holidays, mortgages, healthcare and more

Utility provider to offer discounts to customers for combining waste, electricity and gas services

Company providing business services to Irish Water is contracted to do so until 2018

Majority of households in Cork county, for example, already pay by weight

Waste company gets approval to buy energy business from US fund Cerberus

Watchdog cleared all cases it decided last year but imposed conditions on two

Deal between Panda and Greenstar gets green light

Newborn baby’s body discovered at waste recycling plant near Bray three months ago

Reduced landfill and delays in incinerators have added to the State’s waste problem

Seven waste companies who are operating in Ireland

Decision follows completion of preliminary inquiry

Gardaí still keen to speak to mother of ‘Alannah’ as they are concerned for her welfare

Child’s remains were discovered at waste facility in Co Wicklow earlier this month