Senior Cup final day invariably draws past-pupils together in fierce shows of pride. Today, most of the Glenstal Abbey side of 47 years ago will reconvene at Thomond Park, memories still sharp of the only other occasion the school made a senior final.

A former Aldi worker, who claimed he was shouted at in front of customers to ‘move his ass’, has lost a claim for unfair dismissal against the company and now faces an extensive legal costs bill.

Ulster head coach Les Kiss believes Saracens are the greatest threat to Toulon’s reign as European champions.

It is rutting season for deer this month. Hillwalkers and strollers in Glendalough Valley have been struck by the piercing sound of sika stags making a shrill triple-whistle sound as they collect their hinds (females) and hold them in a harem while they maintain dominance among their male counterparts during rutting season. A pregnant hind will give birth next June, 33 weeks after ‘unity-day’ in October!

The chairman of Aer Lingus has appealed to trade unions at the airline to reconsider their opposition to the proposed sale of the company.

IAG’s offer to buy Aer Lingus comes at a time when the Irish carrier is more challenged than ever and offers an unparalleled route to sustainable growth.

Aer Lingus has backed claims that more than 500 jobs would be created on new transatlantic routes if a €1 billion bid for the carrier goes through.

WHETHER or not the intervention of the Aer Lingus board and its chairman, Colm Barrington, in the debate around the sale of the Government’s share in the airline proves decisive only time can tell.

Aer Lingus directors have released a statement saying there is a "compelling commercial logic" to allowing a takeover from IAG to buy the airline.

Mick Wallace’s silence as to what action he may take against former justice minister Alan Shatter regarding what he said about the Wexford TD on RTÉ’s Primetime programme "speaks volumes", a judge was told yesterday.

Former justice minister Alan Shatter has asked a judge to overturn a decision of the Data Protection Commissioner that he breached data protection laws when he said on RTÉs Prime Time that TD Mick Wallace had benefited from garda discretion with regard to penalty points.

Thomond Park hasn’t exactly rocked of late, a point not lost on Edinburgh or Ospreys who seized their moment to bag rare wins in their respective Guinness Pro12 outings in Limerick last month.

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Vodafone Ireland has brought a legal action against communications regulator ComReg arising from concerns about the effect on its competitive interests of the acquisition of O2 by rival company Hutchison for merger into 3 Ireland.

Christoph Müller is to step down as Aer Lingus chief executive next May, after five years in the job.

We have had town government since the Normans came here, 800 years ago. On the cusp of the centenary of 1916, the Fine Gael Minister for the Local Government of the day abolished the ‘bottom’ tier of local government, with the support of the joint-principal opposition party, Fianna Fáil.

Former presidential hopeful Seán Gallagher, in his action against RTÉ, is seeking a declaration that the Frontline debate which sparked the ‘Tweetgate’ controversy was allegedly unfairly edited, and presented and directed in order to damage his electoral prospects.

Support from Ryanair helped nullify Government opposition to Aer Lingus’ CEO Christoph Müller’s pension enhancements.

A Government bid to block huge pension boosts for the boss of Aer Lingus has been voted down by the narrowest of margins.

A Dublin maternity hospital has secured a High Court order letting it withdraw life-sustaining treatment from a severely brain-damaged newborn whose young mother died shortly after delivering him.

Ryanair’s 30% stake in Aer Lingus damages competition on routes between Britain and Ireland and must be cut to 5%, a UK regulator has ordered.

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A surgeon has been cleared by a Medical Council inquiry into the treatment of a woman who died following three operations at Ennis General Hospital.

A consultant surgeon at Ennis General Hospital who carried out three operations on a 39-year-old mother who subsequently died has denied poor performance.

A medical inquiry is expected to rule later today into allegations of poor professional performance against one the country’s leading paediatric surgeons.

WHAT does it say about our political system when the minister who publicly rails against cronyism, and raises concerns about the failure of government to deliver its pre-election promises, is the one being treated like a pariah by her colleagues?

A 15-year-old boy in care whose weight has ballooned to 19st may have been prescribed medication for a condition he might not have, the High Court heard yesterday.

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Aer Lingus chief executive Christoph Mueller received pay and shares worth €1,569,000 in 2011 — more than three times his basic pay of €475,000.

AER LINGUS has told Ryanair that if it wants to dispose of its 29.8% stake in the airline then it is open to having “constructive discussions”.

RYANAIR has given Aer Lingus a seven-day ultimatum to reply to unanswered questions on policy, threatening to force an extraordinary general meeting if the deadline is not met.

A DOCTOR gave inadequate resuscitation to a man who had a heart attack and subsequently died, it has been claimed.

THE High Court has granted a Dublin maternity hospital orders allowing it to perform, if required, an emergency blood transfusion on a baby born prematurely just over a week ago.

AER LINGUS has written to shareholder and long-time rival Ryanair to reject the latter’s complaints that it is “continually ignored” by the Aer Lingus board, the latest in a long-running war of words between the two airlines.

THE High Court will today consider whether to order an emergency blood transfusion to a baby girl born prematurely a week ago in the Coombe Hospital, Dublin.

The High Court will tomorrow consider whether or not to order an emergency blood transfusion to a baby born prematurely a week ago in The Coombe Hospital, Dublin.

THE HSE has still not told the family of a young man who died having been in care whether they will release his file, despite seven requests to do so.

EU judges today backed the European Commission’s refusal to allow Ryanair to buy the entire Aer Lingus share capital.

AER Lingus shareholders should not expect a dividend payment in the short term, given that it is battling to return its transatlantic operations to profitability.

Police chiefs tonight defended operations at the controversial Corrib gas project after a human rights body accused officers of acting unlawfully, failing to take protesters seriously and claimed a Superintendent misled the public.

THE Dublin Airport Authority would have to give Aer Lingus 24 months notice and a brand new hangar before it could leave controversial Hangar 6, the airline’s chairman has claimed.

AER Lingus staff remaining after the airline axes hundreds of staff will see their wages and conditions cut to the levels of lower cost rivals Ryanair and Easyjet.

RYANAIR, which has failed twice to take over its rival, Aer Lingus, last night accused it of issuing incorrect information to the market last December in the heat of the takeover battle.