A High Court action against the State over a work permit scheme that was allegedly resulting in the exploitation of migrant fishermen has been resolved.

The Workplace Relations Commission is to play an increased role in protecting migrant fishermen here from modern-day slavery.

Workers can, in the broadest of terms, be divided into categories where different realities prevail.

Shares in Ryanair fell 1% to bring its losses in the past year to over 27% as German pilots and cabin crew said they would strike today, forcing it to cancel 150 services.

Sixteen potential human trafficking victims have been identified by an organisation that has threatened the Government with High Court proceedings unless it halts a permit scheme used by the fishing industry.

Tennis provides a "fertile breeding ground" for breaches of integrity and is engulfed in a "tsunami" of betting-related corruption at some lower levels of the sport due to online gambling, according to an independent review.

The Workplace Relations Commission’s inspection regime for the country’s fishing vessels has been described as “ineffective” after it emerged that it has only recovered just over €6,000 in owed wages.

The owners of the UK-registered fishing vessel detained in West Cork almost a fortnight ago over a number of irregularities has reportedly agreed to pay €23,000 in wages owed to Indonesian crew members.

Indonesian crew members of the UK-registered ship detained in West Cork last week walked off the vessel last night and sought to be put up by Irish officials to enable them to plan for a journey hom.

Indonesian crew members of the UK-registered ship detained in West Cork last week walked off the vessel last night and sought to be put up by Irish officials to enable them to plan for a journey home.

A persistent and widespread cockroach infestation, poor living conditions, and issues with crew entitlements are alleged to be among the problems discovered on a fishing vessel detained in West Cork.

This year’s Spirit of Mother Jones Award has been presented to Ken Fleming, the trade unionist who has spent more than a decade fighting for the rights of exploited seafarers both here and in Britain.

Not much fazes Roberta Vinci after 16 years on Tour, but the maelstrom swirling around her opening match in Stuttgart, Germany, against Maria Sharapova today will test the Italian’s vast experience.

Serena Williams has launched a stinging attack on Ilie Nastase, accusing the Romanian of racially abusing her and her unborn baby and hurling sexist abuse at her fellow female tennis players.

Adam Shelley is the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) 70kg world champion; a three-time European champion and a three-time winner at the Irish Open.

The Workplace Relations Commission detected 157 contraventions of employment legislation in the fishing industry in 2016 including 28 people on boats who were working illegally, it has been confirmed.

London-based Limerick lawyer Ian Lynam has been working hard to protect sport’s integrity from a range of threats, from match-fixing to Brexit. But he’s also occupied with where sport is going, and the widening role of analytics...

Dave Miley, an unsuccessful applicant for the role of Tennis Ireland chief executive, has broken his silence on the dispute with the governing body, stressing his disappointment with the recruitment process, which he claimed lacked transparency.

The International Tennis Federation has rejected Maria Sharapova's claim that the hearing into her doping violation was "not neutral".

Maria Sharapova has told fans she is "counting the days" until she returns to tennis next spring after the Court of Arbitration for Sport reduced her two-year doping ban to just 15 months.

Russia’s tennis team will be allowed to compete at the Rio Olympics this summer after the International Tennis Federation (ITF) backed the decision not to impose a blanket ban on the country’s competitors.

Parents are being warned not to over-feed their children after research found around one in 10 regularly serves up adult-sized portions of popular meals.

Despite new regulations which came into effect two months ago, fishing boat owners are continuing to flaunt regulations around the employment of non-EU nationals, it has been claimed.

Maria Sharapova has vowed to appeal the two-year suspension handed to her for failing a drugs test at the Australian Open.

Just 53 of the 500 permits have been sought by boat owners for non-EU fishermen on their vessels, even though the permits are required by law from next Monday.

World number one Novak Djokovic has given his support to Maria Sharapova and said he hopes she “gets out of this stronger”.

Maria Sharapova has only herself to blame for failing a drugs test, according to former World Anti-Doping Agency chief Dick Pound as the Russian former Wimbledon champion faces an uncertain future in the sport and the cost of losing headline sponsors.

A Government taskforce set up to investigate allegations of mistreatment of non-EU fishermen working in the industry here will today be told those fishermen must not be made scapegoats for poor conditions in the industry.

The International Transport Workers Federation has said the Garda National Immigration Bureau must launch an “active, purpose-built investigation” into the alleged exploitation of non-EU nationals in the fishing industry.

The Workers’ Federation wants the Garda National Immigration Bureau to board vessels as

Nick Kyrgios risks a heavy fine after going into a sulk and appearing to stop trying during his Wimbledon fourth-round defeat against Richard Gasquet.

The family of an Egyptian fisherman who died when the Tit Bonhomme trawler sank off Glandore, Co Cork, three years ago has settled its High Court action for €262,700.

Russian Tennis Federation president Shamil Tarpischev has been forced to publicly apologise for his slur against the Williams sisters, Serena and Venus.

The Ukrainian and Russian crew of a freighter stranded in Dublin since December are to be paid almost €250,000 in owed wages and allowed to return home.

The GAA admit there is a possibility umpires officiating at Croke Park may rely too much on Hawk-Eye points detection technology.

The International Transport Workers’ Federation yesterday said two government departments have repeatedly failed to put in place safeguards to protect seafarers in the fishing industry from similar tragedies.