Moves to oust Enda Kenny as Fine Gael leader are on ice for the moment after the Taoiseach’s drubbing in recent days, where the smell of revolt was clearly in the air.

Climate change campaigners have criticised a decision to exclude households from one of the few incentives aimed at reducing the use of fossil fuels.

Such a moooooving story. Ah, stop!

After months of physical and psychological preparation, it was M-day today for up to 9,000 men and women who took part in the Cork City Marathon.

Three people have been shot dead in the Belgian capital Brussels.

While vegetarian curry may not be the most traditional of native nosh, The Menu shall nonetheless join the anticipated 5,000 diners on Cork’s Grand Parade at Feed The City (March 15), one strand of the city’s St Patrick’s Festival weekend.(www.corkstpatricksfestival.ie)

Nokia has unveiled a new range of smartphones powered by Google's Android operating system despite its takeover by Microsoft.

Significant rain has seen the going at Newmarket in England ease to soft ahead of the two-day Qipco Guineas Festival this weekend.

An Egyptian judge has set June 2 as the date for the verdict and sentencing in the trial of former president Hosni Mubarak.

Today is 'D-Day' for the financially crippled Galway Airport, as management at the facility meet with officials from the Department of Transport and Bank of Ireland.

The President of the European Council has said a new EU treaty might not be needed to put tighter fiscal rules into action.

Thousands of Egyptians have taken to the streets to demand justice for victims of Hosni Mubarak’s regime and press the new military rulers for a clear plan of transition to democracy.

PHIL MICKELSON has reacted to his worst result for seven months by changing the build-up to his Masters title defence next month.

Phil Mickelson has reacted to his worst result for seven months by changing the build-up to his Masters title defence next month.

ISRAEL approved a plan to ease its blockade of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip following weeks of international pressure, but provided few details on what new goods would be allowed in.

LAST Saturday morning, I got a phone call from well-known racing photographer, Pat Healy, asking if I’d read page 24 of the Racing Post.

Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin will visit Gaza for the first time today.

HALF-DAY strikes andthe cancellation of parent-teacher meetings are on the cards for thousands of secondary school students after teachers promised a strong and sustainedcampaign against wage cuts announced in the budget.

TADGH KENNELLY has set himself a Monday deadline to decide whether or not he will return to the AFL.The Kerry player also said last night that there are a couple of teams chasing his services.

THE credit crunch provided a surprise boost for the five-day Fáilte Ireland Dublin Horse Show which ended last evening.

FIA president Max Mosley has warned the members of the Formula One Teams’ Association there is no compromise over Friday’s D-day.

Ireland’s team of Patricia Ryan, Niall Griffin, Geoffrey Curran, Louise Lyons and Austin O’Connor finished eighth with 276.10 points after the showjumping phase of the equestrian competition in Hong Kong today.

Defending champion John Higgins was today facing a shock exit from the 888.com World Championship in Sheffield.

Tens of thousands of people from all of the world are expected to pour into Dublin today for the annual St Patrick’s Day parade.

My Way De Solzen faces his very own ’D-Day’ at Fontwell on Sunday, with trainer Alan King not yet ruling out a return to fences in the Ryanair Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.

Tralee’s five-day festival got off to a belated start after a bomb scare caused the first race to be delayed by almost 45 minutes.

A FIVE-DAY cocktail of good jumping, mostly fine weather and large crowds dominated the five-day Fáilte Ireland Dublin Horse Show which ended in style at the RDS last evening.

Political Reporter Michael O’Farrell reports on the tradition of calling results.

The most senior surviving officer from D-Day today spoke of the horrific memories that have never left him.

The President of the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF) Richard Bourke today highlighted the importance of retaining and building competitiveness within the EU as he addressed delegates on the eve of a major two-day EU conference in Dublin entitled Charting Tourism Success.

At least three policemen and 35 Maoist rebels were killed in an overnight battle as rebel attacks resumed on Nepal government forces after a nine-day ceasefire, police said today.

IT’S the weekend of the great exodus as tens of thousands of people prepare to travel to festivals around the country to celebrate the August bank holiday.

It is D-Day for Vodafone Epsom Derby hero Kris Kin as he needs to be supplemented if he is to run in the Irish equivalent next Sunday.

Danish police have arrested a senior spokesman for Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov following a conference on how to end fighting in the breakaway Russian province.

Thousands of nurses and hospital workers walked out of their jobs today, escalating a one-day-old nationwide strike that has crippled South Korea’s two airlines.