Finn Harps 0 Shamrock Rovers 1: Shamrock Rovers were forced to battle hard to overcome a resolute Finn Harps side in a stop-start encounter in Ballybofey last night.

Shamrock Rovers 1 Bray Wanderers 0: A terrific late free kick from Brandon Miele gave Shamrock Rovers a laboured, but most welcome, first win in five games.

Dundalk 2 Shamrock Rovers 0: Dundalk restored their eight-point lead at the top of the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division table as former Hoops Ronan Finn and Sean Gannon came back to haunt Rovers in Oriel Park last night.

St Patrick’s Athletic 2 Shamrock Rovers 1: Holders St Patrick’s Athletic kept their cup ambitions alive when defeating local rivals Shamrock Rovers by 2-1 in their FAI Cup second round encounter at Richmond Park last night.

Cork City 0 Shamrock Rovers 0: There was only one winner from this battle at Turner’s Cross and it wasn’t Cork City or Shamrock Rovers.

Shamrock Rovers 3 Longford Town 2: Max Blanchard was the unlikely matchwinner for Shamrock Rovers with two second half goals at Tallaght Stadium last night.

St Patrick’s Athletic 0 Shamrock Rovers 0: The spoils were shared between St Patrick’s Athletic and Shamrock Rovers at Richmond Park last night.

Shamrock Rovers 1

Bray Wanderers 0 Shamrock Rovers 3

Cabinteely 0 Shamrock Rovers 2: Quick-fire second-half goals from Sean O’Connor and Brandon Miele eased Shamrock Rovers into the quarter-finals of the EA Sports Cup.

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The IMF’s chief economist, Olivier Blanchard, says there is up to a one-in-five chance that the eurozone could slip into a deflationary spiral as the fund upgraded global economic growth to 3.7% in its latest World Economic Outlook.

The International Monetary Fund has cut its global economic growth forecasts for this year and next, mostly because of slower expansion in India, China, Brazil and other developing nations.

The IMF’s chief economist has suggested that Britain should tone down its austerity plans to help the struggling economy.

The IMF forecasts growth to reach 3.5% this year and a more robust 4.1% next year.

The IMF forecasts growth to reach 3.5% this year and a more robust 4.1% next year. However, conditions in the eurozone will remain challenging with the economy expected to contract by 0.2% before posting a modest growth rate of 1% next year, according to the Fund’s latest World Economic Outlook.

The Department of Finance said the IMF’s findings that austerity was having a worse effect on countries than they had predicted did not apply to Ireland.

The IMF estimates the global economy growing at 3.5% this year, according to its latest World Economic Outlook.

An international lending organisation has slightly lowered its outlook for global growth over the next two years.

THE agreement reached by European countries for deeper economic integration was a step in the right direction but not a complete solution for the eurozone’s debt crisis, International Monetary Fund chief economist Olivier Blanchard said yesterday.

Our domestic woes could trip up our plans to be Europe’s turnaround star, writes Carmel Crimmins

A PAEDOPHILE nursery worker has admitted raping a toddler in his care and grooming more than 20 other girls online.

THE “Svengali-like” leader of an online paedophile ring who drew in four female accomplices was jailed yesterday for a minimum of nine years and might never be released.

The leader of a UK-based online paedophile ring which drew in four female accomplices was branded “warped, wicked, dangerous, devious and manipulative” by a judge today and warned he may never be released from prison.

The leader of a UK-based online paedophile ring which drew in four female accomplices was today given an indeterminate sentence with a minimum term of nine years.

The final members of a British paedophile gang who sexually assaulted young children and shared the images will be jailed today.

EUGENIE BLANCHARD, a nun who was considered to be the world’s oldest person, has died in the French Caribbean island of St Barts at the age of 114.

A PAEDOPHILE who negotiated online with child killer Jon Venables was jailed yesterday for breaching a sexual offences prevention order.

A COMMUNITY care worker was found guilty yesterday of sexually assaulting a baby and allowing her boyfriend to take photographs of the abuse on his mobile phone.

A community care worker in the UK was found guilty today of sexually assaulting a baby and allowing her boyfriend to take photographs of the abuse on his mobile phone.

KILLER Jon Venables was jailed for two years yesterday after he admitted downloading pornographic images of toddlers.

Images of children having sex were found on killer Jon Venables's computer when he left it at a police station amid fears that his true identity had been discovered, a court heard today.

A NURSERY worker jailed for “stomach churning” child abuse is prolonging parents’ ordeals by refusing to identify her victims, a judge said yesterday.

Nursery worker Vanessa George was jailed indefinitely today after she admitted feeding the lust of a Facebook accomplice with sick pictures of children in her care.

A Canadian woman on sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits after her insurance agent found photos of her apparently having fun on Facebook.

A CANADIAN woman on long-term sick leave who said she lost her benefits because of photos on Facebook is fighting to get them reinstated.

British detectives are today in talks with lawyers of a nursery worker who abused young children amid claims that she has named some of her victims.

A woman has been charged following an investigation that saw three other people including nursery worker Vanessa George admit child sex offences, police in the UK said tonight.

A NURSERY worker and two other paedophiles she met on Facebook admitted a horrifying catalogue of child abuse “depravity” yesterday.

A British nursery worker and two other paedophiles she met on Facebook admitted a horrifying catalogue of child abuse “depravity” today.

A UK nursery worker and her two accomplices today admitted a catalogue of child sex abuse.

A man has been jailed for a year and a day for threatening to shoot dead Barack Obama while he was running for the US presidency.