There’s a strong possibility there will be no call to change the structure of the All-Ireland SFC arising from today’s Central Council meeting in Croke Park.

Ireland is again attracting considerable interest from foreign investors interested in pumping huge sums of money into infrastructural projects here.

Hemingway had it right on bankruptcy; that it happens slowly then all at once. So too it seems are changes in how the world sees finance. For the best part of a decade now the (final?) flowering of Financialisation has been rampant.

Pope Francis has urged cardinals, who make up the top echelon of the Roman Catholic Church, to shun the intrigue, gossip, and cliques typical of a royal court.

A 13-year-old Sligo student fended off strong competition from older teenagers and young adults to be crowned overall winner of the National Drugs Media Awards.

Pope Francis has told nuns from around the globe they must be spiritual mothers and not “old maids”.

The first of what it is hoped will be many thousands of Irish punts were exchanged at the Central Bank in Dublin yesterday.

The Pope’s butler has been arrested in its embarrassing leaks scandal, adding a Hollywood twist to an already remarkable tale of power struggles, intrigue and corruption in the highest levels of Catholic Church governance.

The next generation will have less impact on the planet, with lower carbon footprints detected among teenagers in Cork.

Shells slammed into the central Syrian city of Homs today, killing more than two dozen people, activists said, as Syria’s government defied ceasefire demands and international efforts to boost the rebels.

Dozens of countries today sought to set conditions for a new Syria, pushing for tighter sanctions and diplomatic pressure to further isolate president Bashar Assad, while urging the opposition to offer a democratic alternative to his regime.

Sprawling cities will put the world under pressure, says Nina Chestney

The Vatican has launched an internal, criminal investigation into the leaks of confidential documents which alleged corruption and financial mismanagement and exposed power struggles among Holy See officials, a Vatican prelate said today.

Fresh from her widely praised Superbowl performance in front of a worldwide audience of 100m, Madonna is to play the Aviva Stadium in Dublin as part of her upcoming world tour.

LEADERS of the Libyan uprising that overthrew Muammar Gaddafi sat down with world powers to map out the country’s rebuilding, 42 years to the day after the former strongman seized power in a coup.

RESIDENTIAL property prices continued to fall in July with the cost of property dropping by 12.5% in the year to date.

FOUR elderly Kenyans who claim they were tortured during an anti-colonial rebellion in the 1950s can sue the British government, a judge has ruled.

PRESIDENT Ali Abdullah Saleh indicated he was ready to cede power to stop more bloodshed in Yemen but only to what he called “safe hands” as tens of thousands rallied against him in “Day of Departure” protests.

The deepening row over Ireland’s bitter World Cup defeat to France after the “Henry handball” scandal risked turning into a diplomatic dispute tonight.

Britain’s world number three Paul Casey is out of this week’s Barclays event in New Jersey, the first leg of the US Tour’s FedEx Cup play-off series.

A day of commemoration is being today held to mark the bombing of Hiroshima.

An Australian town has voted to ban sales of bottled water, claiming their action will help save the world.

Chief Dan George lined up a likely tilt next month’s Coral Scottish National after his striking success in the John Smith’s Novices’ Chase at Kelso.

A Japanese general who was fired as head of the air force for suggesting Japan deserves credit, not blame, for its Second World War actions stood by his claim today.

A day of global protests against Burma’s junta began in cities across Asia today, after the military regime admitted detaining hundreds of Buddhist monks when troops turned their guns on pro-democracy demonstrators last week.

Broughtons Revival staked her claim for the totesport Cesarewitch by returning in triumph from a two-month break at Haydock.

Reunited at last in death, Coretta Scott King was laid to rest beside the tomb of her husband after a stirring funeral with 10,000 mourners that was both lyrical and mournful, and at times political.

Hackers who broke into the computers of some of Israel’s biggest industrial corporations also stole highly sensitive defence data, a senior police investigator said today.

Fred Funk, a 48-year-old with one victory in the last seven years, has become the oldest-ever winner of golf’s richest event.

A senior British army officer issued an order reminding soldiers they could not assault prisoners only five days after the “Operation Ali Baba” abuse scandal, a court martial heard today.

Ukraine’s top security service denied today that it had any involvement with the poisoning of opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko (pictured), the leading candidate in Boxing Day’s rerun for the presidency.

A pro-opposition convoy trying to rally support for presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko was turned back from his rival’s home town today after Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych’s supporters blocked the road.

A RECORD number of complaints were received by the Garda Síochána Complaints Board last year largely due to alleged brutality by officers during riots at the “Reclaim the Streets” rally on Dublin’s Dame Street.

In what seems like a colossal case of bad timing on both sides of the Atlantic, President Bush is set for a state visit to Britain at a time when both he and Tony Blair are mired in slumping ratings because of continuing turmoil in Iraq.

Gardai in Dublin arrested 24 people yesterday after an anti-capitalist protest in the city.