TV3 and the 32 independent radio stations have called for an end to the practice of equal coverage for opposing sides in referendum debates and the scrapping of the ban on coverage on the last day before polling.

A top news executive has branded the 24-hour news blackout before national votes as ridiculous.

THE US police officer investigated for shooting dead a young Irishman and sexually abusing a girl has resigned. The resignation of the Oregon officer comes as relatives of Andrew Hanlon consider alternative legal action over the fatal shooting of the young man.

The sister of an Irishman shot dead by a US police officer insisted her brother had not posed a threat, despite a grand jury ruling backing the officer.

The sister of a young man from Ireland killed by a US policeman said today her family had doubts about the officer’s account of the shooting.

An Oregon grand jury has cleared a police officer who shot dead an unarmed Irishman during a confrontation.

A US police officer will remain behind bars as the courts process sex abuse charges against him and investigators ready a case for a grand jury that will consider the killing of a 20-year-old Irish citizen.

A US police officer who shot and killed a 20-year-old Dubliner while responding to a burglary complaint in the Oregon community of Silverton has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a girl.

The mother of a 20-year-old Irish man who was shot dead by a US police officer last week has travelled to Oregon to look for answers.

The mother of the 20-year-old Irish man who was shot by a US police officer has arrived in Oregon.

The body of Andrew Hanlon, the Irish man shot dead in the US last week, is expected to be flown home to Ireland this weekend.

Relatives of an Irishman killed by police in the US state of Oregon viewed the body and said he was shot at least seven times.

The heartbroken sister of an Irish man shot dead by police in the US demanded today to know why he was killed.

A 20-year-old Irishman has been shot dead by police in the US state of Oregon.

BROADCASTER Vincent Browne is to anchor TV3’s new late-night television news and current affairs show from November 5.

A 15-year-old boy who had been missing for almost a month has been found safely.

Seventeen of Ireland’s leading young sporting talents were honoured today at the Irish Examiner National Junior Sports Stars Awards in association with TV3.

Seventeen of Ireland’s leading young sporting talents were honoured today at the Irish Examiner National Junior Sports Stars Awards in association with tvthree.

Q: WHAT d’ya call the TV3 presenter who insulted the Kingdom? A: Bowed.