Leading Arkle Trophy hope Accordion Etoile could be a late absentee from the Independent Newspaper Novices’ Chase at Cheltenham on Sunday if the ground eases further.

Claire O’Sullivan

NEWSPAPER reports revealing plans for the £100 million redevelopment of inner city Dublin destroyed the project’s chances of success, developer Tom Gilmartin complained to the Mahon Tribunal.

NEWSPAPER advertising revenue dropped 12% in the first six months of the year from a record €151m in 2001 to €133m.

Newspaper circulation in Asia will undergo double-digit growth in the next four years while sales decreases in Europe and North America will slow following two decades of decline, the World Association of Newspapers predicts in a new report.