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Fit Business and Ireland AM ran a Start Your Own Business competition worth over €50,000 in association with the Daily Star

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Avoid getting scammed online.

Last week the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland ruled against the website Claims.ie for misleading potential claimants into thinking they were applying to the official Personal Injuries Board. Visitors to the site provided personal information and details of their injuries to the website which has no details about the people or organisation behind it. The
case highlights how easily the most experienced internet user can be duped and the growing incidence of online fraud.

Prescription fees – a sick tax

Medical card holders and the Irish Patients’ association have been up in arms with the introduction of a 50 cent fee for all prescription medicines. Now the poorest and most vulnerable are to be subjected to what is essentially a tax on illness. Expected revenues of €24 million undermines Mary Harney’s assertion that it is intended “to discourage over-prescribing and the over-use of medication”.