There is a strong likelihood that the burgeoning Irish contingent attached to AFL clubs is likely to swell further after Anton Tohill and Mark Keane caught the eye of onlooking scouts in the Draft Combine during the week.

Pepper Money, a unit of an Australian loans giant which has Irish bases in Shannon and Dublin, has said it will provide corporate loans for the first time in Ireland after it identified a huge demand for companies and professionals to refinance existing loans or buy new properties.

An Australian mother and TV crew caught up in a high-profile child custody battle and detained in Beirut amid a botched attempt to take the woman's two children from their Lebanese father have been released on bail.