By Tom Brady Security Editor, Independent.ieSaturday January 03 2009 JUDGES imposing sentence on thugs in courts will now have easy access to their criminal records in other EU states. Ireland is to sign up to a new criminal records database aimed at fighting crime across EU borders, the Irish Independent has learned. It will also [...]

To ensure staff really do have the qualifications and experience they claim, and to reduce the threats of industrial espionage and terrorism, companies are demanding more from recruiters. Colin Cottell explains how processes and costs are changing Checking the background of candidates is not what most recruiters had in mind when they started their careers. [...]