The US decision to overturn an import ban on Apple’s older iPhones and iPads may help short-term sales and hobble Samsung Electronics in any settlement talks in the companies’ patent fight.

The Obama administration has overturned a US trade panel’s ban on the sale of some older iPhones and iPads, reversing a ruling that had favoured Samsung Electronics over Apple in their long-running patent battles.

The sale of Coillte’s harvesting rights could see 2,500 jobs lost and all of Ireland’s commercial sawmills facing closure, those opposed to the plan have warned.

The proposed sale of Coillte’s harvesting rights could lead to the closure of all ten of Ireland’s sawmills with the loss of 2,500 jobs, according to the Irish Timber Council (ITC).

For many, the Irish Tarmac Championship (ITC) is at a crossroads; for more, it’s going down a cul de sac and others, it’s on a journey to nowhere.

The proposed establishment of a technological university by three colleges in Cork, Kerry and Limerick has drawn mixed reactions.

APPLE Inc scored a narrow victory against Taiwan’s HTC Corp in a patent lawsuit over smartphone technology that will set the stage for more battles between rival makers in the fiercely competitive market.

DR CROKES’ midfielder Johnny Buckley won’t be lining out for UCC in today’s Higher Education Division 1 League semi-final.

TEAMS will tackle six stages in Co Antrim this afternoon in their respective opening legs of the Todds Leap Ulster Rally and the Todds Leap International Rally Northern Ireland, part of the Irish Tarmac Rally and Dulux Trade British Rally championships.

CONCERNS are growing about the future of the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship.

THE world’s leading mobile phone maker Nokia is filing a fresh complaint against Apple for patent infringement in “virtually all” of Apple’s devices.

THE institutes of technology in Limerick and Carlow could be moving towards a technological university application after signing a collaboration deal.

THE ENORMOUS gap between ministerial pensions and private pensions has been dramatically outlined in research which shows a self-employed person would have to pay €20,000 each month into their pension fund to achieve a pension equal to that of a minister.

INTERCONTINENTAL Rally champions, Kris Meeke and co-driver Paul Nagle, bid farewell to the Peugeot UK team at this weekend’s Rally of Scotland.

ALTHOUGH Gareth MacHale (Ford Focus WRC) leads the Citroen Irish Tarmac Championship and is the best placed of four drivers to win the title, he is also the driver under most pressure ahead of this weekend’s final round, the Cork ‘20’ International Rally.

TITLE contenders in both the Citroen Irish Tarmac Championship and the Dulux Trade British Rally Championship face similar tasks on this weekend’s penultimate rounds of the series, that while featuring the same stages, headquarters and service halts, will run under two different names.

SMALL businesses will gain a €500 million investment boost from self-employed business owners who plan to invest their pension funds at home.

AER LINGUS cabin crew have started to vote on a controversial €97 million cost-cutting plan for the airline.

THE High Court ordered members of a cab drivers’ organisation to stop occupying the offices of the taxi regulator.

DUBLIN and Cork airports and the capital’s O’Connell Street were among the areas targeted by taxi drivers yesterday.

THE Tarmac Rally Organisers Association (TROA) meet in Dublin on Sunday against the backdrop of a changing demographic in the Irish Tarmac Championship. The top contenders in the ITC have stated that the series should continue without any dramatic changes.

ROUNDS of the Irish Tarmac, National and British Rally Championships take centre stage over three days beginning today with the former and the latter dovetailing on the Rally Isle of Man International.

Sugar group Tate & Lyle’s shares were caned today after its patent battle against Chinese manufacturers was dealt a blow by a US court ruling.

ABBEY Travel has released the latest selection of high-quality holidays to Dubai and Oman, with an additional destination to Abu Dhabi. That’s not surprising since the relatively recent start-up of flights from Dublin with Etihad to Abu Dhabi and beyond.

Sky News has been fined £50,000 (€70,900) by TV watchdogs for faking a report during the war with Iraq.

Computer giant Apple has been banned by British advertising watchdogs from claiming its latest product is “the world’s fastest, most powerful personal computer”.

A TV trailer for Pop Idol showing Simon Cowell blowing up a tortoise has been criticised by UK watchdogs for upsetting young children.

The British Independent Television Commission (ITC) upheld complaints about Channel 4 breakfast show Ri:se after Big Brother contestant Federico used bad language while appearing as a guest.

More than 100 viewers have complained about a British TV ad featuring a sex party – to say it was “fattist”.

A TV regulator has received a wave of complaints about a reference to the size of Big Brother contestant Federico’s “manhood”.

A trailer for The Bill’s child abduction plot was criticised by TV regulators today after being screened during a documentary about the killing of James Bulger.

A commercial for Wrigley’s chewing gum that features a dog crawling out of a man’s mouth has become the most complained-about advert of all time in the UK.

Coronation Street fans sparked a massive power surge across Britain as they made cups of tea at the end of a nail-biting double bill.

Celtic announced tonight that the red-tape preventing new signing Stanislav Varga from making his debut had finally been broken.

A TV auction channel has been fined £10,000 (€15.000)) by a broadcasting regulator for breaching advertising rules, it was announced today.

Chart star Pink left British TV chiefs red-faced today after wearing a t-shirt with blue language on a children’s show.

Mobile phone giant Vodafone was today reprimanded in Britain for the sexual content of its advertisements which encourage flirting through text messages.

Channel 4 has escaped the censure of TV watchdogs over complaints about an incident on Big Brother.

Investigative journalist Roger Cook today settled his High Court libel action over "devastating" claims that his TV series, The Cook Report, was a cynical sham.

The London market has staged a tentative rally today to give investors a welcome break from a spate of hefty losses.

The Football League today welcomed the decision to award the three digital television licences made available by the collapse of ITV Digital to the BBC and Sky, but will still have to fight in the courts for the money owed to the 72 Nationwide clubs.

Investors are being given some respite from the massive falls which have left the FTSE 100 Index at its lowest level for five years.

The BBC has won the three vacant digital terrestrial television licences left after the collapse of troubled broadcaster ITV Digital, the Independent Television Commission announced today.