It is a long way to Tipperary when your ailing father needs a kidney transplant so Darren Martin decided against going to Austria to pursue a master’s degree in German so he could perform the ultimate altruistic deed.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Twenty five-year-old Darren Martin can forget about the Christmas shopping this year as he has already given his father the best present he could ever receive, and it wasn’t even his birthday.

Eight Dublin men have appeared before an Easter Sunday sitting of the Special Criminal Court charged with membership of the IRA.