In response to a wave of criticism from a host of former Tipperary stars, Premier boss Michael Ryan is set to appear on local radio this morning for an interview, less than 48 hours after refusing to speak to journalists following the Munster SHC defeat to Limerick.

The Pro Life Campaign says revelations about recruitment practices for the Citizens’ Assembly put a “question mark” over whether the Government should hold a referendum on the constitutional ban on abortion.

Ireland has lost out of hundreds of high-paid jobs, tens of millions of euro in revenue and the chance to fully restore our international financial credibility after losing a European Banking Authority bidding war by the bounce of a ball.

Children may have had no fresh air for over a week while being separated from others at Oberstown detention centre, inspectors have found.

The HSE must now fully account for the “gross negligence” in Grace’s care after the High Court agreed a €6.3 million settlement over its failure to protect her, the whistleblower at the heart of the case has said.

Five senior HSE officials and six more Tusla employees directly involved in the Grace foster abuse scandal are set to be the subject of disciplinary investigations which could potentially result in their sackings.

Government and opposition parties have reacted with “revulsion” to the murders of 37 holidaymakers, including a mother of two from Ireland, at a beach-side Tunisian resort.

An armed man entered the building of Dutch national broadcaster - NOS - earlier, and demanded airtime on television.

The head of self-driving cars for Google expects people to be using them on public roads in two to five years.

The Chairman of Independent News & Media has called on Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams to retract comments he made in the US last week, following his joke about a newspaper editor being

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The IFA has said more than 20 people have died on Irish farms so far this year, compared with 16 in 2013.

Sharon Ní Bheoláin did it and it made the Nine O’Clock News.

A former News of the World reporter has described listening to the voicemails of James Bond actor Daniel Craig — uncovering his alleged affair with actor Jude Law’s then girlfriend, Sienna Miller.

Hurling referees have been defiantly told to continue issuing red cards for high fouls following a meeting of inter-county match officials on Tuesday evening.

Ryle Dwyer looks at a frenzy of violence against British forces at the height of the War of Independence in Kerry, and reveals the grisly fate of two Black and Tans who went missing

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The HSE has been accused of putting managers before patients after revealing plans to appoint 35 “leadership coaches” to help senior managers in their “personal transition” into higher jobs.

Five people including former spin doctor Andy Coulson and former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks are facing charges linked to alleged bribery of public officials.

Developer Michael O’Flynn told the High Court he was shocked when he heard a radio interview two years ago in which Fine Gael TD Lucinda Creighton referred to him when talking about low standards in public life.

David Cameron received a text message from Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper boss saying they were “in this together“, a press ethics inquiry heard during testimony from the prime minister.

The Cork News freesheet newspaper has been suspended by the ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulations) — the industry body for circulation measurement — until it apologies to the Irish Examiner for supplying incorrect figures to an advertising agency.

2FM is facing a battle to hold on to listeners after suffering further drops in audiences for its prime time programmes.

British prime minister David Cameron has admitted that he discussed News Corporation’s takeover bid for BSkyB with James Murdoch while the government was deciding whether to approve it.

Plans to locate the proposed national children’s hospital at the Mater site in Dublin city centre could be resurrected after management at three hospitals in the area said they were puttingtogether a fresh proposal.

Harry Redknapp yesterday welcomed the final whistle on his bung accusation “nightmare” after his acquittal for tax fraud cleared the way for him to land the top job in English football.

FORMER News of the World editor Andy Coulson is suing News Group Newspapers, a subsidiary of News International, over their decision to stop paying his legal fees.

BRITISH lawmakers have called on CNN talk show host and former tabloid editor Piers Morgan to return to Britain to answer questions about phone hacking after allegations made by the ex-wife of former Beatle Paul McCartney.

CHANCELLOR of the exchequer George Osborne has met executives of News Corporation companies on 16 occasions since the coalition government took power, it has been revealed.

MINISTERS in Britain’s coalition government, criticised for being too close to Rupert Murdoch’s scandal-hit News Corp, face more scrutiny this week when details of their meetings with the company’s executives are published.

James Murdoch could be asked to clarify his evidence to the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee, chairman John Whittingdale said.

Media watchdogs should consider “very seriously” whether News Corporation remains a fit and proper organisation to run satellite TV company BSkyB, The UK's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said today.

IT WAS “the most humble day” of Rupert Murdoch’s career – even before he was pelted with a custard pie.

Glamour model and actress Abi Titmuss is taking legal action against the News of the World after police informed her that her phone may have been hacked.

NEWS CORP chief executive Rupert Murdoch exited his London home last night with his arm around embattled newspaper chief Rebekah Brooks, and said she was his first priority.

News of the World editor Colin Myler offered a rallying call to his journalists today as the newspaper prepared to go “out with a bang” with its final edition.

THE News of the World has been sensationally closed down in a bid by Rupert Murdoch’s News International to contain the phone hacking scandal — but the closure has been seen as a stunt to pave the way for a new Sunday tabloid title untainted by the claims.

Nearly 30 high-profile figures who suspect that their phone messages were intercepted by News of the World journalists are taking legal action – with more litigants “coming along week by week”, a High Court judge in Britain heard today.

The Andersonstown News is to cease publication of one of its twice-weekly editions with the loss of nine jobs.

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali has urged Formula One's commercial rights holders CVC to start investing in the sport to guarantee his team's future interest.

Wayne Rooney will consider taking legal action against the News of the World after Scotland Yard detectives told him he may have been a phone hacking target.

THE Government and police in Mauritius moved quickly to reassure holiday-makers the destination was “a land of peace” as police were poised to charge three men in connection with the murder of Michaela Harte.

John Higgins was set to learn his fate today as the two-day tribunal to determine whether he conspired to fix matches approached its close.

THE highest number of school leavers in six years face the prospect of reduced choices on college courses with third-level chiefs warning that further funding cuts will impact on the level of services they can offer next autumn.