Calls to eliminate VAT on accommodation and food services to 0% immediately until the crisis passes.

A frank FAI board meeting on Tuesday is expected after sports minister Shane Ross confirmed he wants a clearout of veteran council members by July.

Facilities may only be one small step towards sporting success, but many in athletics are in celebration mode after various projects took a giant leap towards becoming reality.

Here is a selection of people who are starting interesting new roles with public and private organisations in Ireland.

The government has said that there are still reformations needed in the Football Association of Ireland before the body gets its State funding back.

It says the decision was made to facilitate the signing-off of the accounts and to ensure that the entire board can be present.

Paul Cooke, newly installed as Executive Lead – effectively now the Association’s acting CEO – gave ample warning at October’s AGM that the figures “won’t be pretty and will shock people”.

Sport Ireland have approved payment of 2019 grant funding worth €195,000 to the Women’s National Football Team, with the disbursement of the money to be overseen, not by the FAI, but the accountancy and business advisory firm BDO.

Funding of €6.5 million for the cycleways is being supplemented by an increase in the local property tax.

A €650m emergency contingency fund was announced to help farmers, businesses, and the tourism industry in a no-deal Brexit scenario.

Transport Minister Shane Ross has warned retailers that e-scooters are illegal on public roads and that they need to tell customers that they should not be used in such spaces.

Transport Minister Shane Ross has warned retailers that e-scooters are illegal on public roads and that they need to tell customers that they should not be used in such spaces.

The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has claimed there is "a consistent oversupply" of transatlantic flights from Ireland.

The €1.7m repair and restoration of the famous Shakey bridge in Cork is set to start within days.

Residents living along one of Cork city's busiest roads have submitted hundreds of documents to Cork City Council to oppose current plans to revamp the route.

Proposed changes to short-term lettings could have a devastating impact on tourism accommodation here, says Airbnb.

A variety of local and succulent seafood is on the menu for the second annual Courtmacsherry Seafeast in West Cork on Sunday afternoon.

The sister of tragic Coast Guard helicopter pilot Dara Fitzpatrick - who died on board an Irish Coast Guard rescue helicopter that crashed in 2017 - has blasted an alleged laser attack on a Coast Guard helicopter crew in Limerick last Thursday night.

Last year, Eamon Bradshaw secured a temporary injunction preventing the company from terminating his employment.

Do you live on the Wild Atlantic Way? You may want to read this.

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There were red faces at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport following Sanita Puspure’s win in Bulgaria.

The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Shane Ross has said he would ‘love’ to see the tribute match for the late Liam Miller to take place at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, and that he told the President of the GAA that he wants “an early solution” to the current impasse.

The celebration of a Cork sporting hero’s life is now a PR disaster for the GAA, writes Joe Leogue.

The Government is to seek an explanation from the Cork County Board, amid concerns that the decision not to allow the Liam Miller tribute match take place at Pairc Ui Chaoimh may have broken the conditions of a grant paid towards the stadium’s redevelopment.

Promising motorsport starlets Derry’s Callum Devine, 23, and Mullingar’s Jordan Dempsey, 17, scooped the main prizes at the Beta Tools Motorsport Ireland awards ceremony at Dublin’s

The Govt has announced the clubs and authorities that will get a share of the €56m in sports capital grants this morning.

Dublin has been chosen to host the Euro 2020 qualifying draw, which will be televised live in December 2018.

Munster Rugby has applied for funding to change the playing surface at Musgrave Park from a natural grass surface to a 4G artificial pitch.

Does Cork now need an event centre in the middle of the city when the new Páirc Uí Chaoimh is such an attractive venue, asks Michael Moynihan.

Update 8.23pmpm: Bus Éireann says that changes are urgently required to address the company's financial situation.

The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has today published a request for tenders (RFT) for A Review of Future Capacity Needs at Ireland’s State airports.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

It’s not an Olympic sport but if Pat Hickey has his way, he’d be going for gold in the doping test hurdles.

GAA president Aogán Ó Fearghail says Louth are responsible for having to play their qualifier against Derry six days after they lost a Leinster quarter-final to Meath.