US authorities are outlining corruption allegations against seven FIFA officials, Sinn Féin has said the Government should hold a referendum before agreeing to the sale of Aer Lingus, RTE have released a statement addressing comments made by Joe Brolly and Tony Blair has resigned as the Quartet’s Middle East peace envoy after nearly eight years  Just some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

Nine FIFA officals have been accused of coruption which could have spanned decades, the Taoiseach believes that the sale of Aer Lingus to IAG is in the best interest of the nation, Anthony Tohill says Joe Brolly’s ego is bigger now than when he was player, and relive the emotions of Saturday’s referendum results with this moving video. Just some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

Referendums rarely provide the muse required for music but not so for Irish female singer songwriter Jessica Smith.

For this observer there’s a sense of the 1968 US Presidential election about the forthcoming marriage referendum.

A former IRA commander has been shot dead in Belfast, a man attending an east Cork wedding has died after being hit by a car, former Cork captain Tomás Mulcahy says the hurlers need to improve by 200%, and the musician Bressie has called for a Yes vote in the Marriage Equality Referendum. These are some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

The GAA have no issue with the GPA’s plans this week to advocate a yes vote in the marriage referendum on May 22.

What's the feckin' fuss?

The Taoiseach says it would be the making of us as a nation if the same-sex Marriage referendum is passed next month.

A group campaigning for a 'No' vote in the Marriage Equality Referendum is calling on the Taoiseach to take part in a live debate on the issue.

Support for Sinn Féin has climbed by 5% in the latest Red C opinion poll, published in the Sunday Business Post.

The Taoiseach has urged tech leaders to vote Yes to same sex marriage - for business and for Ireland.

Anne Ferris says society shunning certain types of family unit is as wrong and potentially damaging as it was when her teen pregnancy was hushed up 40 years ago

I SET OUT to write about Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, and about conscience and marriage, writes Fergus Finlay