The Irish Independent
Charity volunteers working to help recession-hit families are so traumatised by the enormity of problems facing some households that they have had to be provided with special counseling – Ralph Riegel. http://tinyurl.com/34e7xc3
AA Roadwatch survey shows that mums do more of the chauffeuring of their children than dads.
Thousands of shoppers chose to search virtual shelves for their Christmas gifts from the comfort of their own homes yesterday rather than brave the snow. – Grainne Cunningham. http://tinyurl.com/2vp2ntr
Irish Examiner
Main Paper
China usurps US as king of the skyscraper, as work on 632-metre Shanghai Tower and dozens of other tall buildings is rushing ahead. The US High-rise market, by comparison, is ‘pretty much dead’. – AP Reporters http://tinyurl.com/3yn9ujm
Opinion piece by Terry Prone on why Tweeting is for the birds. http://tinyurl.com/34gzg2g
Business
Oil prices may soar to $200 a barrel if the world doesn’t move more rapidly to a clean-energy economy, Richard Branson said in an interview recently.
A recent survey by Super Valu revealed that 60% of customers are refusing to allow the budget to affect their daily lives and 25% won’t sacrifice any part of their Christmas dinner.
Talk the Talk profile of Joe Carey, manager of the White Horse, a gastropub in Ballincollig. – Niamh Hennessy
An increasing number of book shops are selling puzzles to offset the loss in sales due to the rise of the eBook. Cork company Tailten is supplying this growing market with their product Purrfect Puzzles, which is being sold in 375 branches of Barnes & Noble in the US on on Amazon.com. – Trish Dromey
