The Quinns of Cavan/Fermanagh may not like the comparisons drawn between themselves and the fictional Ewings of Dallas.

THE Co Cavan hotel founded by bankrupt businessman Sean Quinn recorded positive earnings for the first 10 months of last year, new filings show.

JUST four years ago Seán Quinn was Ireland’s richest man worth almost €5 billion.

MORE farm families are looking at innovative ways of securing extra income, as the recession continues to cause job losses in rural Ireland.

Sean Quinn is going to be miredin the economic mess for some time to come, writes Caroline O’Doherty

CORK football boss Conor Counihan has added four of the county’s recent All-Ireland U21 winners to the senior panel ahead of Sunday’s Munster SFC opener against Waterford in Dungarvan.

AVERAGE hotel prices have fallen by more than 40% as hoteliers pursue aggressive discounting in tough times, a trade magazine survey has found.

FOUR Irishmen are listed as billionaires in the latest annual edition of Forbes magazine’s list of the world’s richest people, which voted Microsoft founder Bill Gates as richest man for the 13th year in a row.

Jim Caldwell and Louise Hogan

IT is usually the bride’s prerogative to be late for her wedding, but if the clash of Cork and Fermanagh goes to extra-time on Saturday in Croke Park, it will be the groom, Fermanagh midfielder Liam McBarron, who will be racing down the aisle.