A round-up of this morning’s top news: Ian Bailey’s partner, Jules Thomas, is to continue with her compensation claim against the state, Gardaí are aware of an alleged incident where a boy was force-fed twigs and Conor McGregor needs to brush up on his cúpla focal.

The sales of best-selling Chinese rope restraints and satin and lace blindfolds had the bosses of Ann Summers in Ireland smiling last year as the business returned to profit.

Esther N McCarthy invited Michelin-starred chef Andy McFadden into her kitchen to pass on some of his expertise and, more importantly, help up her serve up a two-course delight for her beloved.

St. Valentine’s Day is a week away and she’s dropping hints, but are you listening, or have you already decided on the sequined nipple tassels from Ann Summers, a bargain you say at €15.50?

MY FRIEND thinks I could do with a good night out in Cork. 

iPhone owners are the most likely to send a sexy text message or ‘sext’, a new poll suggests.

A bump in the sale of blindfolds, whips and handcuffs believed to have been inspired by erotic romance novel Fifty Shades of Grey was not enough to prevent the Irish business of lingerie and sex toy retailer, Ann Summers plunging into the red last year.

A woman who travelled the world while on benefits has been jailed in the UK today.

A High Court judge yesterday said he accepted a woman’s version of what happened at an Ann Summers lingerie party in a Dublin pub, but she was not entitled to damages.

A Dublin mother-of-two has lost her legal action against the owners of a pub in Loughlinstown after she was injured during an Ann Summers lingerie party.

An incident involving a ring intended for use on “a certain part” of the male anatomy being thrown into the air as a prize at a lingerie party was akin to a bridal bouquet being thrown and did not require a risk assessment, an engineer told the High Court.

An engineer has told the High Court a “proper risk assessment” should be carried out in advance of throwing items in the air at Ann Summers lingerie parties in venues where alcohol is being served. He was not saying such parties should be banned, Barry Tennyson said.

A mother of two who claims she injured her ribs when she was knocked down at an Ann Summers lingerie party has sued the pub where the event was held.

Sharon Ní Chonchúir talks to the experts about managing the purse strings, balancing the bills and extricating ourselves from debt where possible.

BATTLES to stave off the signs of ageing take many forms.

The runaway success of sex novel Fifty Shades of Grey has whipped up a huge uplift in profits at lingerie and sex toy retailer Ann Summers

Ann Summers tycoon Jacqueline Gold says the success of saucy literary hit 50 Shades of Grey has led to sales at her chain going through the roof.

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Lingerie retailer Ann Summers last year felt the chill winds of the economic recession as its main Irish unit went into the red.

Lingerie chain La Senza collapsed into administration today triggering 1,300 redundancies and the closure of more than 100 outlets in the UK and Ireland.

MEN, it is not often that I encourage you to contravene a women’s privacy, but I do urge you all, when the moment arises, to have a sneaky peek into your other half’s top drawer.

A FORMER Ann Summers employee who claimed she was publicly accused of trying to steal an outfit from the adult shop has been awarded €17,000 damages for defamation of character.

A former Ann Summers employee, who claimed she had been publicly accused of trying to steal a French maid’s outfit from the erotica shop, has been awarded €17,000 damages for defamation of character.

Ann Summers boss Jacqueline Gold has described being poisoned as “the worst three hours of my life”.

THE former nanny of Ann Summers boss Jacqueline Gold was jailed for 12 months yesterday after admitting attempting to poison the lingerie tycoon with screen wash.

A NANNY has appeared in court charged with attempting to poison the boss of lingerie and sex toy chain Ann Summers.

A nanny has been charged with attempting to poison Ann Summers boss Jacqueline Gold by contaminating her food with screen wash.

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THE heat may be gone from the economy but not from the bedroom, if profits at Ann Summers stores are anything to go by.

IRELAND is proving to be increasingly profitable for Ann Summers, the lingerie and sex toy retailer.

Women Mean Business magazine, WMB, in association with O2 Ireland, today held the inaugural O2 Women Mean Business Conference and Awards 2007, designed to recognise the achievements of Ireland’s businesswomen.

The Daily and Sunday Sport could be sold as part of a £60m (€89m) deal which would see the newspaper group listed on the UK stock market.

Tabloid newspapers the Daily and Sunday Sport could soon be listed on the UK stock market as part of the group’s proposed sale to a firm specialising in delivering adult content to mobile phones.

BIRMINGHAM City is the latest English Premiership soccer club to become the subject of takeover speculation.

RED-FACED Labour Party press officers are being sent back to school by Pat Rabbitte to cut down on their spelling gaffes.

LIMERICK students are planning a naughty night out. And it’s all in a good cause.

Imperial Stride booked his return to the big time with a stylish victory in the 32Red.com September Stakes at Newmarket.

ANN SUMMERS erotica is poised to become as rampant as her rabbits with plans to expand the number of Irish outlets from three to eight.

Sales of Rampant Rabbit sex toys helped Ann Summers ring up a record Christmas, the lingerie chain said today.

Police ordered a naked, large-breasted, festive garden gnome to cover up after a motorist complained it was indecent, it emerged today.

Comic Vic Reeves has joined his wife in the jungle in a surprise twist on the hit TV show I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!.

Sex toys and lingerie chain Ann Summers said today its home parties were setting pulses racing as it unveiled a 19% rise in profits.

TO the casual observer it might have appeared that the women of Cork — and quite a few men — had suddenly and en masse become madly interested in the antics of a seemingly demented leader of the Labour Party.

THERE it was, hanging titillatingly from its hook, swinging seductively in all its pink two-tone glory, the bunny that made things better.