The Minister’s statement came after the FAI had issued a formal apology for what it termed “the mistakes of the past”.

Neal Horgan says the FAI must open up in order to renew trust and confidence.

America’s trade deficit widened in February, reaching the largest monthly gap between exports and imports of goods and services in a decade.

The Club Players’ Association (CPA) has called on Director General Páraic Duffy and Croke Park bosses to ensure the 2018 Master Fixtures plan is implemented “in full” at county level.

The West Cork Vintage Ploughing and Threshing Association’s Ford 100 Fest will take place on the ancestral home-farm of Henry Ford at Crohane, Ballinascarthy, Co. Cork on Sunday August 27. 

In a month where many of us contemplate the laziness of summer holidays spent idling on the beach, increasing numbers of Irish people look to the exact opposite for their particular brand of leisure.

As the discussion on gender quotas takes off, here are five female sports administrators making their mark...

There is overwhelming public support for Norwegian Airlines’ plans to launch low-cost transatlantic flights from Cork Airport.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are courting voters on opposite sides of the gun debate in events that will highlight the United States’ deep divide on the topic.

Hundreds of rank and file gardaí believe they should consider strike action if the Government doesn’t begin to restore the 22% pay cuts they’ve endured since 2009.

Connacht Council secretary John Prenty has warned that further player uprisings, similar to the revolts which rocked the province in 2015, will lead to the creation of a “monster” within the GAA.

GPA chiefs insist their radical football championship blueprint should not be ignored by Croke Park bosses.

Drugs that could be the “first” to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease have been unveiled.

A Fianna Fáil councillor has called for the removal of the LGBT community’s rainbow flag from above Cork’s City Hall, one of the world’s longest cruise liners docked in Cork today and Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard has been voted the 2015 Footballer of the Year by the Football Writers’ Association. Just some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

Job security rather than workers’ salaries or disposable income has a far greater impact on consumer demand and retail rents, a report has found.

A West Cork housing association has been issued with a loan offer from AIB which will allow it to buy 20 properties under the Government’s mortgages-to-rent initiative.

Alen Muhic, who was conceived when his mother was raped by a soldier in wartime, says he would not have had the courage to search for his parents were it not for the film cameras that followed him.

Do you wanna set a record? Come on, let’s march in the parade.

The Nissan Qashqai has been voted ‘Continental Irish car of the year, 2015’, by the Irish Motoring Writers’ Association (IMWA).

Powerscourt Golf Club manager Bernard Gibbons is growing accustomed to dress suits, victory speeches and gala events.

Loyal Ireland fans who traipsed to Tbilisi and Gelsenkirchen should be rewarded with tickets for the Scotland game next month, according to Martin O’Neill.

Those who cheat in one relationship are three-and-a-half times more likely to do the dirty in their following relationship.

GAA commercial director Peter McKenna believes the Association’s new online streaming service via RTÉ is a more significant broadcasting venture than their controversial deal with Sky TV.

The overcrowding crisis in women’s prisons continues to deepen, with 40% of female inmates being let out on temporary release due to a dire shortage of space.

In an education budget with very few cuts, Ruairi Quinn has kept class sizes at current levels and aims to avoid further cuts to resource teaching provisions for children with special needs.

The National Off Licence Association has said more than 3,000 jobs have been lost in the independent off-licence sector in the past five years.

The violent death of two defenceless elderly brothers at their home in Castlebar has unleashed grief and anger.

Jobs and Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton has assuaged SME fears over a perceived threat of mandatory trade union recognition and collective bargaining rules for their sector.

Alex Ferguson has confirmed Anders Lindegaard will start his final game as Manchester United manager – and Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand will be on the bench.

Andre Villas-Boas has called on Gareth Bale to end speculation about his future by signing a new contract with Tottenham.

Former US vice presidential contender Sarah Palin has told Americans not to give up their guns.

Luis Suarez and Liverpool were left “shocked and disappointed” after the striker was hit with a 10-match ban for biting Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic — a sanction that could see him suspended from domestic football until October.

Banks are being accused by Isme of adopting “cynical delaying tactics” in the way the financial institutions are handling loan applications.

Calls are being made for the regulation of adult entertainment outlets in Dublin city centre.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter today announced a $500,000 (€390,000) grant to the new national football centre at St George’s Park – evidence of a thawing in the previously frosty relations with the Football Association.

Mariah Carey has been confirmed as a judge on ‘American Idol’.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson must decide whether to up the ante in a bid to snare last season’s Premier League top scorer Robin van Persie.

Germany’s medical association has apologised for sadistic experiments and other actions of doctors under the Nazis.

The Irish Football Association (IFA) have expressed their disappointment at James McClean’s recent comments about his time in the Northern Ireland set-up.