Five TDs have accused Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore of double standards regarding the detention of 14 Irish activists in Israel as they tried to bring aid to Gaza.

Human rights activists trying to break the Gaza blockade have vowed to stop Israeli forces from boarding their ship.

SHARED Home Investment Plan (SHIP), the equity release company run by Billy Kane, is to float on London’s Alternative Investment Market.

Mortgage provider SHIP is to be listed on the AIM market in London by means of a reverse takeover of the AIM-listed Ardent group.