"There are mums and dads who have daughters who are politics students hoping to get a job in Westminster and they must be able to be confident that if they get that job, their daughter will not be subject to some of these behaviours that we have been seeing."

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A senior Fianna Fáil TD has controversially claimed former taoiseach Brian Cowen and the late former finance minister Brian Lenihan “put country before party” in the decisions they imposed during the economic crash.

A foundation set up by former Chelsea footballer Didier Drogba to help poor communities in the Ivory Coast is to be investigated by the charities watchdog.

The publisher of Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper is interested in buying Yahoo’s media and news properties and is in talks to join with potential bidders who would carve up the US Internet company.

George Osborne has warned council chiefs in England they should not be using taxpayers’ money to pay for private health insurance as he promised to rein in “unacceptable” pay and perks in the public sector.

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber said churches across the UK should be fitted with wifi in a bid to make them a more integral part of the community.

Pop singer Emeli Sande has said the Band Aid song needs rewriting and apologised if the latest version "caused offence".

Internet trolls will face up to two years in jail under tough laws proposed by Britain’s justice secretary Chris Grayling.

Internet trolls will face up to two years in jail under tough new laws proposed by Britain's Justice Secretary Chris Grayling.

Google’s removal of some search results in Europe is drawing accusations of press censorship.

Nicole Kidman has said she would give up her Hollywood career if her husband asked her to.

Woah, Nessie.

A teenager in the UK developed pneumonia and was rushed to hospital for treatment for severe lung damage after she contracted tuberculosis from her pet kitten.

Emma Watson says 'Harry Potter' was a "huge burden" for its directors.

An NHS whistleblower in England could be sacked for raising concerns that a hospital was fiddling its death rates – bringing into question promises made by ministers to protect those who speak out in the public interest.

New arrival offers hope of Cantona-esqe revival

Two sisters who acted as personal assistants to Nigella Lawson and her former husband Charles Saatchi will stand trial in Britain today accused of using a credit card given to them by the celebrity couple to buy things for themselves.

An asylum seeker will train to be a pilot at the British taxpayers’ expense after a council was ordered to pick up the bill for his flying lessons.

Ronnie O’Sullivan has claimed he was offered £20,000 to fix a snooker match.

A row in Britain between Labour leader Ed Miliband and the Daily Mail shows no signs of abating as a senior executive at the newspaper defended the publication of an article attacking the politician's Marxist father.

One of two women arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle cocaine worth £1.5m out of Peru is prepared to plead guilty in exchange for a short sentence.

The Daily Mail newspaper has settled a defamation action taken by Ryanair.

'MasterChef' judge Gregg Wallace brawled with a man and punched him in the face for allegedly groping his girlfriend, it was reported.

Britain’s prime minister David Cameron yesterday urged the newspaper industry to sign up to a new system of regulation, which he said would preserve freedom of the press while protecting the vulnerable.

The father of model Reeva Steenkamp, who was shot dead at the home of Oscar Pistorius, said “there is no hatred in our hearts” over her death – as the star’s father revealed he may have “acted on instinct”.

The Irish Daily Mail is considering a Supreme Court appeal after millionaire businessman Denis O’Brien was awarded €150,000 for defamation in a key case concerning freedom of expression.

The jury in Denis O'Brien's defamation action against the Irish Daily Mail has been told it is a case of immense importance about the freedom to express an opinion.

Businessman Denis O’Brien told the High Court yesterday he pays his taxes in Ireland and in all countries he and his company Digicel are connected with.

Denis O’Brien told the High Court it was not true the final report of the Moriarty Tribunal was devastating for him.

Rupert Murdoch faces a two-day grilling under oath at the Leveson Inquiry into press standards this week.

Sinn Féin Deputy Padraig MacLochlain has criticised claims today that TDs will have extra holidays over St Patricks Day and Easter.

Actor Neil Morrissey has accepted substantial undisclosed damages over a claim that he was banned from a French bar over “le binge drinking”.

England forward Nick Easter has conceded he could have been one of the players shamed in the leaked review of the World Cup, but has moved defend his position.

‘X Factor’ favourite Goldie Cheung has quit the show.

THE parents of Madeleine McCann, actor Hugh Grant and Harry Potter creator JK Rowling were named yesterday as core participants in the first stage of the inquiry into the British phone-hacking scandal.

Alex Ferguson has rejected claims that he is nearing a deal to bring Wesley Sneijder to Manchester United.

Christopher Shale’s mysterious death came hours after the senior Tory was quoted as saying there was “no reason” to join his party.

THE Irish Mail on Sunday has said it will not be repeating last weekend’s stunt of selling copies of the paper using the Sunday Tribune’s masthead and design.

THE Sunday Tribune newspaper is taking legal action against the Irish Mail on Sunday for a share of revenues generated by sales of last weekend’s edition of the Mail which used a fake Tribune front page.

The Sunday Tribune is to pursue legal action in response to the Irish Mail on Sunday's publication yesterday of thousands of newspapers featuring a mocked-up Tribune masthead.

The National Consumer Agency is contacting the Irish Daily Mail today over the publication of its paper yesterday with the Sunday Tribune masthead.

THE Irish Mail on Sunday has defended a marketing stunt denounced as shameless after it tried to cash in on the anticipated demise of its Sunday Tribune rival.

Blackburn's owners say they will stick with manager Steve Kean for at least the duration of his current two-and-a-half-year contract.