Europe GAA chairman Tony Bass stands by his Congress comments about the Club Players Association (CPA), insisting the GAA is best placed to address clubs’ concerns.

Club Players Association (CPA) chairman Micheál Briody has slammed the way in which CPA executive member Liam Griffin was treated at Congress on Saturday.

GAA Congress this afternoon rejected the Club Players Association (CPA) motion for voter transparency at the annual event.

A consultant representing a company planning to develop a €3.5m salmon farm in Bantry Bay has told a reconvened oral hearing it will not have a detrimental impact on the general environment or wild fish stocks.

An oral hearing into the granting of a licence for a salmon farm in Bantry Bay has been adjourned for at least a month after it emerged a technical report relevant to the proceedings had not been circulated to all parties due to an oversight.

The mother, and manager, of reality TV’s most famous clan has created a strange new form of family business — and has changed the nature of celebrity, says Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Cynical play in hurling isn’t being properly punished, argues the man behind the Congress motion calling for a black card.

Luckily, no one was injured in the three-car collision.

Confirmation that the world of football is definitely getting smaller came with the appearance off the bench of Prince Agyemang for Limerick against Dundalk in Oriel Park last week, watched from the dugout by his fellow countryman and the club’s other new signing, goalkeeper Ali Abass.

Top-rated show The Voice of Ireland was the main driver behind revenues at Screentime Shinawil, which doubled to a record €8m last year as the firm recorded profits of almost €250,000.

Racial abuse and homophobic taunting will soon be a straight red card offence in Gaelic games.

Norah Casey has quit Dragons’ Den before the filming of a new series of the popular show due to her other media and business commitments.

BIDS are at an advanced stage and heading towards €20m from European and Asian parties on the Fota Island Resort in Cork harbour this month, as Kerry’s Parknasilla gem joins Fota on the international sales market.

MasterChef judges Dylan McGrath and Nick Munier say forcing restaurants to display calories on menus is a stupid idea and impossible.

Makers of the 'Apprentice' have denied reports that the Bill Cullen-fronted show is to be axed after four years.

In the second of a series on the markets’ downfall, David Young says unfettered borrowing and soft regulation caused the crisis. Political prevarication is deepening it further

“WE DON’T do presents” said Maurice Ahern, as he strolled into his brother’s controversial birthday party last night.

THE growth and spread of the GAA has been one of the more uplifting sports stories of 2011, putting a positive spin on the harrowing reality that economic conditions have forced many of our most promising young athletes abroad.

FANCY Bill Cullen as your business partner?

PUBLISHER Norah Casey has revealed there will be more than a few sparks flying in the latest series of RTÉ’s Dragons’ Den.

Michelle Bass and Vanessa Feltz were booted out of the 'Big Brother' house in a double eviction ahead of tomorrow night's grand finale.

'Big Brother' officials today announced a double eviction from the house on Wednesday during the semi-final of the final series of the show.

I’M CONTINUALLY surprised by how thrown waiting staff in many restaurants seem to be if one asks about the provenance of the food. They immediately seem to go on the defensive and it can take three or four attempts to find out the source of a piece of meat, fish or cheese.

Should we follow the American model of requiring the president to sit regular medical tests and of releasing the results? The BBC’s Jeremy Paxman was vilified in 2002 for asking Charles Kennedy on Newsnight what were pertinent questions about his drinking

Nasa’s Phoenix Mars Lander spent its first full day in the Martian arctic plains checking its instruments in preparation for an ambitious digging mission to study whether the site could have once been habitable.

HIS name is Harris, Eoghan Harris, and he’s on a one-man mission to put a sexy sizzle into the Seanad.

Lance Bass has called on his former 'N Sync bandmate Justin Timberlake to get in touch with his ex-girlfriend, troubled Britney Spears.

January 18, 2003. Pool Two: Munster 33 Gloucester 6

Former N'Sync star Lance Bass will never forgive former bandmate Justin Timberlake for leaving the band hanging as he embarked on a solo career.

Singer Lance Bass has tried to get in touch with Britney Spears to lend her moral support during her child custody battle - but the pop superstar hasn't returned his calls.

Britney Spears knew `N Sync star Lance Bass was gay before anyone else - because he `came out' to her first.

Former 'N Sync star Lance Bass felt "completely betrayed" when Justin Timberlake announced he was leaving the boyband in 2004.

Former 'N Sync star Lance Bass has inspired a new term for gay celebrities who are outed by members of the media.

Christina Aguilera has attacked the US laws that ban her pal Lance Bass from marrying his gay partner.

Christina Aguilera has attacked the US laws that ban her pal Lance Bass from marrying his gay partner.

Lance Bass, a singer in boy band *NSync, has revealed that he is gay and in a "very stable" relationship with a former star of a US reality television show.

TEENAGERS are resting their hopes and dreams for the future on fame rather than academic success.

THE investigation into the Air India crash is ongoing and arrests may yet be made, according to the man leading the hunt for terrorists who blew up flight 182, exactly 20 years ago today.

THE Government should increase funding for TG4 by €14 million a year to €44m by 2008, a new report recommends, or risk more job losses in the Gaeltacht areas.

Screen Producers Ireland has given a positive welcome to the cabinet reshuffle announced by the Taoiseach today.

Soft drinks group Britvic is to float on the stock market this autumn with a value of up to £700m (€1.003bn), it was reported today.

N*Sync star Lance Bass' nose is under scrutiny after a website posted photographic proof he has had cosmetic surgery.