Aryzta shares have fallen more than 4.4% as a row over the size of the Cuisine de France-owner’s planned capital raise next month deepened.

Having flown higher than any Cork flag in history, the blood and bandages that once orbited the globe have returned to Earth.

The popularity of Game Of Thrones has helped boost broadcasting giant Sky as it posted surging revenues and customer numbers.

Two Cork flags are set to boldly go where no rebel county flags have gone before.

The Royal Bank of Scotland has defended the way its top bosses are awarded after some shareholders criticised the lender for not making deeper cuts to pay.

Tour operator TUI’s executive compensation has come under attack by a shareholder advisory group as UK investors target excessive pay packages.

 

Activist investor Natlata Partners has reiterated its call for an overhaul of Irish exploration firm PetroNeft Resources’ board of directors.

POW! BAM! KABLAM! That is the sound of your computer trying to run Batman: Arkham Knight. The Caped Crusader’s latest game has been an absolute disaster on PC. The game locks up so often it’s putting Mr Freeze out of a job. Did the Joker get his hands on the code before release? Whatever the case, the joke is on us.

The three largest global share advisory firms have come out in support of the Petroceltic board in its battle for control of the company.

Hours after a US cargo mission ended in flames, a Russian supply ship arrived at the International Space Station with a load of fresh supplies.

Fyffes’ management has vowed the Dublin company will remain at the forefront of the global produce industry, despite its proposed $1bn (€789m) merger with US banana rival, Chiquita Brands, collapsing.

Fyffes has granted its proposed merger partner Chiquita permission to talk to rival bidder, Cutrale-Safra.

It is with great distress The Menu learns of the difficulties facing the magnificent Co Clare-based Irish Seed Savers, in very real danger of perishing due to severe Dept of Agriculture funding cuts.

Michael Dell won support from Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) for the $24.4bn (€19bn) buyout of his company, a surprise endorsement from an influential shareholder adviser.

Another great shot of Ireland from space, taken from the International Space Station (ISS).

Stelios Haji-Ioannou stoked up his feud with the airline he founded today by vowing to vote against the company at its annual meeting.

Have you ever experienced that horrible moment when you’ve clicked send on an email or a text message and realised that it’s headed for the wrong recipient?

A major report on illegal practices in intercountry adoption has cited the Irish case of Tressa Reeves as a documented example of illegal adoption.

Horticultural research being carried out at Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) is headed for outer space.

As the first whitecoat seal pups begin to appear around the country’s coast, the Irish Seal Sanctuary (ISS) has warned that seals are at increased risk of being attacked by humans.

Hopes that politicians will make further progress tackling the eurozone debt crisis this week saw world markets make cautious gains today.

UK investors lost confidence in the prospect of a speedy resolution to the eurozone debt crisis today, causing London's leading share index to drop into the red.

A leading US shareholder advisory firm says most of News Corporation’s board, including chairman Rupert Murdoch, should be replaced because of the phone-hacking scandal.

CHINA has launched an experimental module to lay the groundwork for a future space station.

SINCE May of last year, countless headlines have reported the clamour amongst lobby groups for adoptive parents, politicians and scores of couples left in limbo to reopen Vietnam as a country from which Irish couples can adopt.

ADOPTION agency Helping Hands, currently under investigation by the Adoption Board in relation to fees it charges people to adopt from Vietnam, has issued a report clearing the agency of any impropriety.

NO time scale has been set for the processing of 20 adoptions agreed between the Irish and Vietnamese authorities.

THE country’s only seal sanctuary in north Co Dublin has announced it is being forced to limit services due to funding shortages.

A MAJOR UNICEF report, believed to be behind the Government’s failure to renew a bilateral agreement with Vietnam on adoption, is to be made public later this month.

A FATHER waiting to adopt a child from Vietnam is to go on hunger strike outside Áras an Úachtaráin tomorrow, in protest at the Government’s delay in agreeing a bilateral agreement with the country.

A ballot of thousands of London Underground workers in a row over pay is expected to show “substantial” support for strike action, union leaders in the UK predicted today.

Investors in Shell will vote today on the most far-reaching overhaul in the oil giant’s 100-year history which could give it a market value of more than £120bn (€180.4bn).

STORMY weather at sea for the past month has caused the deaths of hundreds of fish which are being washed up on some beaches in the South-West.

THE National Salmon Commission yesterday called for a census of the seal population and said a cull may be necessary.

The Irish Seal Sanctuary (ISS) says it has received reports of seal shootings off the south-west coast.

Belfast based company, Amphion has announced that it has closed its latest funding round during which it raised $5m (€4.29m).

Water sports enthusiasts are being asked to consider the safety of animals in the water this June holiday weekend.

A RUSSIAN cargo rocket carrying food and fuel blasted off for the International Space Station yesterday, a day after the US shuttle Columbia broke, killing seven astronauts.

A Russian space official today said US manned space flights could be grounded indefinitely following the loss of the shuttle Columbia and suggested that Russian Soyuz rockets should be used to ferry crews back and forth to the International Space Station, a news agency reported.

Nasa may have to cancel some of its plans for the International Space Station.