The editor of the Irish Independent Fionnan Sheahan said he never told a former Sunday Independent editor that garda whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe was "a paedophile".

House prices across the country have been examined and compared to last year's value.

Independent News & Media (INM) continued to see declines in revenue and circulation in the opening four months of the year, the effects of which were offset by growing digital revenues.

Two leading national newspapers have rejected claims they bought into the property boom, despite one purchasing a property website for €40m and another holding a “glittering” award gala for developers.

A former editor of the Irish Independent said today that there was no hidden agenda in the paper to artificially bolster the property market in the early 2000s.