The cause of death yet to be established for the two bodies which were found in Askeaton Co Limerick, Sinn Fein’s Gerry Admas to meet with Prince Charles later today, The Mayor of Copenhagen has banned officials from flying with Ryanair and Ironmaiden frontman Bruce Dickinson has been given the all clear from cancer. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

Barry Leonard faced a Communion Day conundrum.

Parents are spending up to €750 for Communion outfits for their child with more a third sourcing the clothes at specialist boutiques.

It’s meant to be a landmark religious occasion, but First Holy Communion could double as a milestone in a child’s economic education if canny parents intervene.

Sinn Féin’s past and present collided on a sun-drenched pier in Cork City this weekend.

GETTING the boot into the Catholic Church is always a good start for any Labour minister. Complaining that the Catholic hierarchy had not provided him with examples of how inclusiveness can work in Catholic schools two years after he had asked them to worked well for Ruairi Quinn before the teachers’ conferences got down to what mattered: restoring pay rates.

ON my Communion Day, I was handed my dress.

WHEN Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh’s son, Comhghal, made his First Holy Communion, he wanted to look like James Bond.

I was very glad to hear the Taoiseach’s apology to the women who had the misfortune to find themselves in a Magdalene Laundries. It was the right thing to do and long overdue.

* Holy orders: A recent survey for TK Maxx found that over a third (35%) of Irish parents surveyed agreed that the most important thing about what a child wears on their Communion day is that they like it, followed closely by value for money (31%) and over 40% do not plan to spend any more than €100.

Separated couples should parent as one, for the children’s sake, says Helen O’Callaghan.

It seems inevitable that taxes will rise and welfare benefits will be cut if we are to meet our bailout obligations in the timeframe agreed by the Government and our paymasters.

IT was the rising crescendo of the children’s choir that did it.

FIRST Holy Communions can be toasted with bubbly as a judge’s refusal to allow alcohol to be served where families celebrate their children’s special day was overturned yesterday.