Olé, olé olé olé! Like the rest of us, football fans are still battling with short nights and wet weather, but a sense of summer is already in the air as more travel packages for Euro 2016 were announced yesterday.

A good run of results at the Cheltenham racing festival and the popularity of gambling machines helped Ladbrokes toast a rise in profits today.

THE Fastnet Line’s Cork-Swansea service will resume next week to cash in on the Six Nations’ clash between Ireland and Wales in Cardiff and the Cheltenham racing festival.

Bookmaker Paddy Power today said a run of punter-friendly sporting results caused operating profits to drop 26% in the six months to June 30.

All Government departments have been told to prepare a list of cuts as part of a €3bn savings package to be ready by September 11.

England rugby international Mike Tindall was today charged with drink-driving.

CLARE boss Anthony Daly will have much more than hurling to occupy his mind in the coming days.

Eircom is to return to the market in the largest listing in Dublin since the company last floated in 1999.