There is the poor old divil who can’t travel to the matches. You would have a certain sympathy for him and her, in fairness, but the enthusiasm with which RTÉ went into bat for them this week, didn’t ring entirely true.

A builder who earned €1.3m preparing the land for Limerick’s new greyhound stadium owned a stake in the firm that backed out of a gentleman’s agreement to do the work for free.

A doubling of mobile revenues from smartphone apps and increasing popularity of the RTÉ Player contributed to RTÉ’s publishing and commercial arm increasing its after-tax profits by 47% last year to €1.36m.

I have a small indoor aerial and 4 channels.

TWO fundamental factors allow any business to survive: profits and capital. Throughout the year, faced with a drop in revenue, businesses have responded by battening down the hatches.

THE Smyth family are used to long shots, given that the father of the household is former Ryder Cup vice-captain Des Smyth.

RTÉ is to launch an internet-only television channel for broadcast across the world later this year, bringing shows such as Fair City, Podge and Rodge, and Off the Rails to a global audience.

Diagnosing the 21 year-old apprentice butcher accused of murdering his sister as suffering from a mental disorder was an attempt to ‘clutch at straws,’ the director of the Central Hospital said today.

EURO Lottery luck nearly struck for the second time in Limerick last Friday.

A FIANNA Fáil councillor who posted his picture and an advert on a gay website looking for dates says he’s done nothing illegal or immoral and won’t be stepping down.

THE average Irish household would be prepared to pay more for RTE's services each year than they currently do, a surprising new survey has found.

ROSCOMMON chairman Stephen Banaghan last night branded as “mischievous” a report claiming that Tommy Carr had resigned as the county’s football manager, having allegedly been requested to do so by the senior panel.

A field of 23, headed by Aintree absentee Davids Lad, will go to post for the Powers Gold Label Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse on Monday.