The Super 8s. Twelve games across four weekends that determines who emerges as the All-Ireland football semi-finalists and a scenario most uncommon in any sporting environment when knockout becomes a round-robin.

Consultants were paid just over €369,000 to oversee the process used to select the developers of Cork’s multi-million events centre.

PRISON bosses were last night taken to task for awarding contracts worth around €95 million to one company without going to tender.

Prison bosses were tonight taken to task for awarding contracts worth around €95m to one company without going to tender.

THE Dáil’s spending watchdog has upped the ante in its probe of Fás, demanding further explanations on what knowledge its board had about wasteful spending.