Here is a selection of people who have recently been appointed to interesting new roles.

It was reported the American President's trip here next month was in jeopardy because of a row over where he would meet Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.

Former Labour Party TD and Minister for State Joe Costello has settled a High Court defamation action over an article in the Irish Mail on Sunday.

Fianna Fáil are preparing for an election as early as September, with the party convinced Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is “gunning” to go to the polls.

Leo Varadkar has rejected he has a credibility problem having admitted he canvassed controversial TD Michael Lowry for support when he was about to become Taoiseach.

A journalist has told the Charleton Tribunal she would not consider sources who provided factual statements about a Garda investigation into allegations against Sgt Maurice McCabe to be smearing the sergeant.

No public inquiry reaching into the dark recesses of Irish life is complete without a shady figure stepping into the light to seek redemption. So it went in the Planning Tribunal. So it goes now with the Disclosures Tribunal.

More than €1.4m was spent on Dáil expenses in the space of a year, it was reported today.

American actress and singer Mandy Moore has visited Ireland while tracing her family tree for a popular TV show.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin is facing growing pressure to re-admit Bertie Ahern to the party.

Travellers’ rights campaigners say they fear the decision by the Director of Public Prosecutions not to press charges against writer Brenda Power for incitement to hatred gives the media free reign to publish racist comment.

The publishers of the Irish Mail on Sunday have apologised in the High Court to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, James Reilly, over an article which falsely linked him to a developer building a new public health clinic.

Michael Clifford examines the funny goings-on within Sinn Féin.

The cash pile at the media firm owned by one of RTÉ’s top earners, Joe Duffy, climbed to almost €215,000 last year.

Former Irish Examiner political correspondent Fionnan Sheahan has been appointed as editor of the Irish Independent.

LEO Varadkar is thinking about a same-sex marriage with Fianna Fáil — trouble is, they are just not that into him.

Dublin football star Jonny Cooper said he is "humbled" by good wishes he has received after he was the victim of an horrific stabbing in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The publishers of the Irish Daily Mail and Irish Mail on Sunday have seen revenues decrease for the second successive year.

Former junior minister Ivor Callely will be sentenced on Monday for fraudulently claiming mobile-phone expenses at Leinster House while he was a senator.

A new scheme will see every 150 houses in Dublin have its own dedicated garda, according to the Irish Mail on Sunday.

MCD has confirmed that the Oxegen Music Festival won't go ahead this year.

Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar has called for a full report from Bus Éireann following allegations of corruption at the company.

The size of your home may initially determine the level of water charges, it has been reported.

The proposal for the Dáil to stock its own branded wine will help promote its appeal to tourists, a Government TD said today.

Lucinda Creighton has said she was not criticising her Fine Gael colleagues when she told the Dáil there was a "groupthink" evident in the debate on abortion.

Irish schoolbook publisher Folens has launched an investigation into claims that a factory in India is paying workers as little as €3 for 10-hour shifts printing some of its titles.

A judgment for defamation of character against Associated Newspapers (Ireland) Limited in favour of businesswoman and former model Kay Mulcaire has been set aside.

Outspoken TD Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan claimed other Dáil members take drugs as he defended his decision to reveal he has experiences of LSD, cocaine, and ecstasy.

It’s two years this month since the morning-after pill went on sale over the counter. How did our sexually active young people fare since? Suzanne Harrington reports

Irish Examiner sports writer Ewan MacKenna has been named as Sports Reporter of the Year at the annual National Newspapers of Ireland awards ceremony in Dublin yesterday.

Three Irish Examiner journalists are in the running for prestigious prizes at the National Newspapers of Ireland annual awards.

Bankrupt businessman Seán Quinn could be facing a lengthy jail sentence if he follows through on defiant comments made over the weekend in which he vowed to continue to fight against disputed debts of €2.8bn owed to the former Anglo Irish Bank.

Retired Kerry TD Jackie Healy-Rae has unwittingly received €15,000 too much in pension payments from the Oireachtas and said he is not in a position to repay the monies owed.

New evidence relating to a video showing Seán Quinn's son and nephew at a meeting in Kiev has been admitted in conspiracy proceedings by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC) against the Quinn family.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said he is not in favour of any future coalition with Sinn Féin.

Former Fianna Fáil TD Ned O’Keeffe was still being questioned last night after being arrested on suspicion of fraud.

Joe Brolly insisted the GAA’s recent north-south divisive flashpoints have more to do with ignorance than racism.

The publisher of the Irish Mail on Sunday has been found guilty of breaking consumer protection laws by publishing 26,000 Sunday Tribune look-alike editions.

FORMER junior minister Ivor Callely could be facing a criminal prosecution over alleged bogus mobile phone expenses he claimed while a member of the Oireachtas.

The District Court has today found that the Irish Mail on Sunday did not deliberately mislead consumers by publishing an edition of the newspaper that looked like the defunct Sunday Tribune.

A judge will give a verdict next month on whether The Irish Mail on Sunday broke consumer protection laws by publishing 26,000 Sunday Tribune lookalike editions.

The Irish Mail on Sunday's decision to print 26,000 Sunday Tribune look-alike editions was a “carefully executed plan” to deceive consumers, a judge was told today.

THE Irish Mail on Sunday asked shopkeepers to display a Sunday Tribune lookalike edition on empty spaces previously reserved for the defunct newspaper, a court has heard.

The Irish Mail on Sunday asked shopkeepers to display a Sunday Tribune look-alike edition on empty spaces previously reserved for the defunct newspaper, a court has heard.

THE Irish Mail on Sunday has denied claims it tried to deceive readers into buying the paper by publishing a special edition with a fake Sunday Tribune masthead.

The Irish Mail on Sunday has denied claims they tried to deceive readers into buying their paper by publishing a special edition with a fake Sunday Tribune masthead.

A SENATOR yesterday called on Irish news outlets to declare they had not engaged in phone hacking or any other illegal practice as senior industry figures said the Irish media had a clean bill of health.

THE Irish edition of the News of the World will cease to exist along with its parent operation following its last run off the presses this Sunday.