THE RESIGNATION of Tom Roche as an executive director from the board of Cement Roadstone Holdings marks the end of the story of 'how one man built up' Ireland's largest industrial enterprise from nothing. Roche was' a tough man but of course, he had to be to achieve what he did. That he has not lost: any of his ceaseless drive and enterprise is evident from' the many business activities he is now deeply involved in, the most notorious being Bula and, the most unusual being his plan to ,build a private enterprise bridge across the Liffey. By TOM ANDERSON

THE GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL AGENCY, FOIR TEO, HAS PUMPED 20 MILLION POUNDS INTO AILING COMPANIES OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. TOM ANDERSON ASSESSES ITS PERFORMANCE