Before Liveline goes on air each day I wash my hands, look at myself in the mirror, and say two words: ‘Libel’, and ‘entertainment’.

The board of Trinity College has confirmed that it has offered a salary in excess of the agreed maximum pay limits to the leading candidate for the role of professor of business studies.

TWO students’ unions have been sharply criticised in recent weeks for the treatment of their staff.

NOEL DEMPSEY’S plan to reintroduce third level fees was a badly managed attempt to raise extra revenue, opposition parties said yesterday.