Met Éireann has given us the green light for dry weather over the coming bank holiday weekend, a pensioner had to be rescued from a freezing canal in Limerick today after he fell in taking part in a massive clean up and Margaret Hickey tells us why she is voting no in the upcoming marriage equality referendum. These are some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com this lunchtime.

A remote island knitwear firm that counts Barney’s and Bergdorf Goodman in New York among its clients last year had a substantial increase in profits.

In the wake of her divorce from Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes has been a walking shop window for her own fashion line — which just so happens to be making its NY Fashion Week debut next month.