Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United players stood accused of sparking an ugly clash in the tunnel amidst a stormy aftermath to the club’s 600th Premier League victory, one which maintained their pursuit of a top four finish.

General Motors has lost money in Europe every year since 1999. After three years at the helm, chief executive Mary Barra has had enough.

It’s the weekend between the Irish Champion Hurdle and Gold Cup, but it’s another busy and important one. I have three rides this afternoon at Fairyhouse, but it’s Douvan, in the Tied Cottage Chase tomorrow at Punchestown, who will be focus of most attention.

General Motors will today announce a huge investment in its factories that will create or keep around 1,000 jobs.

Gordon Elliott proved yet again he is the man to follow in the big handicaps when Ball D'Arc ran out an easy winner of the valuable Bar One Racing Dan Moore Memorial Handicap Chase at Fairyhouse.

Bapaume claimed the scalp of Landofhopeandglory in the Knight Frank Juvenile Hurdle at Leopardstown.

The National Hunt season is hitting full stride now, and thus this is a good weekend for us to begin to unwrap some of our best young horses of last season.

Jack and Emily remain the most popular baby names in Ireland, but 50 years ago John and Mary were the top choices for parents.

Edmond Sexton beat James O’Donovan by a bowl at Ardcahan.

A round-up of all the biggest stories in the motor industry this week

The north’s Director of Public Prosecutions has apologised to three women who accused an alleged IRA member of abusing them as children, after a damning report criticised how his prosecution was handled.

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America’s largest carmaker General Motors has been forced to recall 25.7m vehicles so far this year and is being sued after faults were linked to at least 13 deaths. Now it has emerged, the company may have been ignoring warnings for years. Tim Higgins and Nick Summers investigate.

General Motors recalled another 8.45 million more vehicles yesterday — surpassing the record for US safety fixes by an carmaker in a calendar year, as chief executive Mary Barra steps up efforts to shed GM’s reputation for foot-dragging on defective parts.

General Motors Co suffered from "incompetence and neglect" in dealing with a long-running ignition-switch defect in vehicles linked to at least 13 deaths, CEO Mary Barra said yesterday, as she announced the creation of a fund to compensate victims.

Many parents of young motorists are asking questions about the death of their children after General Motors recalled models that were aimed at first-time drivers, write Jeff Green and Patrick Lee

General Motors CEO Mary Barra, speaking for the first time about the recall of 1.6m small cars, personally apologised for “everything that has happened” and extended condolences to affected families.

General Motors yesterday announced three more recalls, related to airbag deployment and other issues, and said it would take a $300m (€215m) charge primarily to cover the costs related to these actions as well as the previous recall for faulty ignition switches.

US vice president Joe Biden says the US government’s wager on the motor industry has paid off.

General Motors Co, which announced a 30 cent a share dividend yesterday, forecast 2014 profit to modestly improve this year, as it introduces 15 new or refreshed vehicles in the US and 17 in China.

An Irish-made TV series turned down for State funding has been nominated for a prestigious Emmy award.

An Irish-made TV series turned down for state funding has been nominated for a prestigious Emmy award.

People with disabilities are being ignored and isolated, and bear an unfair brunt of economic cutbacks, campaigners claimed today.

The Vita Cortex protestors are hitting the big screen.

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THE families of 33 trapped miners are in high spirits after a surge in the drilling of escape tunnels raised hopes that the men’s rescue may come sooner than scheduled.

CISTÍ GUGAN BARRA, the west Cork company which owns the Katie’s Cakes brand, is to successfully come out of examinership next Tuesday after securing a long-term investor to ensure the company can continue trading for the long-term.

Lamine Diack, the president of the International Association of Athletics Federations, is facing open rebellion over his leadership.