Independent TDs have rounded on Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan and called on the outspoken politician to leave the Dáil’s technical group because his penalty points shame is distracting from business.

David Walsh’s last face-to-face meeting with disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong tells you all you need to know about the Irishman’s uncompromising style.

Leitrim will field an unchanged team when they take on visitors Laois at Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada in the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers tomorrow night.

There are three changes to the Leitrim team for Sunday's Connacht SFC semi-final against Mayo at Elverys McHale Park (throw-in 3.30pm).

Leitrim manager Mickey Moran has made five changes in personnel for the Down clash to the team that lost the Connacht semi-final to the Rossies a month ago.

REGIONAL newspaper publisher Johnson Press said its titles in the Republic are performing worse than those in Britain due to the slowdown in the Irish classified advertising market.

MUNSTER hurling coach Joe O’Leary says the southerners are determined to win the M Donnelly Interprovincial championship after their tough semi-final against Ulster last Sunday.

SCOTTISH Radio Holdings (SRH) has been taken over in a £391 million (€587m) deal that will see its new owners retain the group’s Irish radio stations, but offload its five local newspapers here to a British regional publisher.

SCOTTISH Radio Holdings, the parent company of Today FM and a number of Irish media assets, said yesterday that profits had risen by 12.7% in the last 12 months.

SCOTTISH Radio Holdings, (SRH) owner of Today FM and the Kilkenny People, expects revenues to increase by close to 15% this year.

TODAY FM owner Scottish Radio Holdings’s Irish businesses are not performing as well as its British assets, where full year sales are expected to rise 18% for the full year.

Scottish Radio Holdings has purchased the Longford Leader newspaper for £5.6m (€9.1m) after reaching a deal with the shareholders last Friday.