Today is ‘D-Day’ for Greece as the eurogroup wait to receive and evaluate proposals from the Tsipras government for a third bailout programme.

An ECB source has said the Frankfurt-based institution would like to see senior bondholders included in the restructuring of banks as part of the EU bailout of the Spanish banking system.

AS a former member of the Garda Representative Association Executive, I wish to congratulate the outgoing president Damien McCarthy in speaking out on behalf of his members and highlighting the embargo on recruitment to the force.

THE full €3 billion of proceeds from the sale of state assets should go towards job creation, Fianna Fáil has said.

The latest Greek bailout is a once-off and holds nothing for Ireland in terms of cutting the cost of its debt, junior minister Brian Hayes and EU officials insisted last night.

Tullow Oil has announced the sale of interests in its Ugandan operations to France's Total and Chinese group CNOOC for $2.9bn (€2.05bn).

A meeting of the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party has today agreed to endorsed the leadership of Taoiseach Brian Cowen TD for the forthcoming General Election.

Sam Allardyce has been backed to "work wonders" with a bumper transfer kitty by Blackburn's owner-in-waiting, who has pledged to give the Rovers boss up to £100m for team strengthening.

A string of high profile British witnesses who refused to testify at a US Senate hearing into the release of the Lockerbie bomber were today facing accusations of “stonewalling”.

Manchester City are set to sign a three-year sponsorship deal with Middle East telecommunications giant Etisalat.

A strike in India's Bollywood film and TV industry is over after executives agreed to implement better pay and working conditions for staff.

A request to extradite four men accused of playing key roles in the Rwandan genocide has been upheld today.

CHILDREN’S organisations yesterday welcomed a new agreement between Ireland and Britain on tracking sex offenders but said it was not clear if it dealt with those who failed to inform authorities of their movements.

Sauber have become the latest Formula One team to sign up to plans to form a breakaway championship in 2008.

The Irish Software Association has announced a software Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Irish and Chinese governments.