London’s Ftse 100 index was 2% higher yesterday after the unexpected Conservative election victory added over £40bn to market prices.

Sean Fleming, Fianna Fáil public expenditure spokesperson, was right to use the word ‘reckless’ at the Dáil Public Accounts Committee when discussing the National Children’s Hospital project (Irish Examiner, October 24).

A 14-point defeat is a bitter pill for any side to swallow.

Fielding a team with a liberal sprinkling of inter-county under 21, junior and senior players, Carbery served notice that they will have a big say in the battle for this year’s title after they had a comfortable victory over CIT in the third round of the Cork SFC at Cloughduv last night.

DUHALLOW advanced to round two of the Evening Echo SHC for the second year in-a-row after a comprehensive victory over Carbery at Coachford last night.

On June 10, John O’Brien, the chief executive of St James’s Hospital in Dublin, wrote to the Health Services Executive outlining what he described as monumental concerns about the Payroll, Personnel and Related Services (PPARS) system. Here is the text of the letter.

THE GAA have confirmed the quarter-final dates for the All-Ireland SFC.