Two Cork men were arrested and remanded in custody for a week yesterday on charges of carrying out three robberies, four burglaries, and stealing two cars on Tuesday.

Ever wondered what would happen if the Peter Pan of Pop met the Lord of the Dance? Wonder no more — it ends with lots of money going to charity.

One of rugby’s most celebrated wing wonders may no longer be crossing the whitewash for Munster, but Doug Howlett can still play an important part in shaping the province’s future in his role as a corporate ambassador.

Tyrone great Peter Canavan has called on the GAA to embrace the All-Ireland Masters Football Championship after he came close to further All-Ireland honours on Saturday.

ALL across the EU next May, citizens will vote in a new crop of politicians to the European Parliament who will make decisions on thousands of pieces of legislation that affect their everyday lives. But who is really running Europe, and who is really making the decisions?

THINK industry” is the predominant message in Brussels as every sector of EU legislation is being overhauled to eliminate any elements that could be seen as detrimental to commerce.

The worst phase of the eurozone debt crisis could be over, as contagion from the worst-affected countries such as Greece is no longer having a systemic impact on the region, according to a new report by the Central Bank.

Munster Rugby have brought in some of the country’s leading businessmen to help steer them through the economic downturn.

Groundbreaking research in the area of life sciences and information technology was recognised at the Invention of the Year Awards at University College Cork last night.

FORMER US president Bill Clinton yesterday led the tributes to best-selling author, Frank McCourt, when he was posthumously honoured in New York by leading Irish and American philanthropists.

AIB last night denied it acted inappropriately in issuing a statement on May 27 2004 stating several previous key executives had tax issues to be resolved.

KEY executives at AIB covered up the foreign exchange scandal, a report to be published today by the financial services regulator (IFSRA) has found.

NOT one of the names under investigation as a result of the AIB foreign exchange banking scandal will be named in the second report by financial watchdog IFSRA into the affair.

THE search for the next chairman of Aer Lingus begins this week following the surprise resignation of Tom Mulcahy over the weekend.

A professional criminal who preyed on elderly people and expressed no remorse when questioned by gardai in relation to one of his crimes was given a nine-year jail sentence today.

Two foreign exchange traders from American giant Citibank were suspended today in the wake of the report into the €486m loss suffered by Allied Irish Bank's US subsidiary.

Six executives of the AIB subsidiary Allfirst, including its Vice President and Treasurer David Cronin, have been sacked following the publication of the Ludwig Report.

Allied Irish Banks was today set to announce if heads would roll following its foreign exchange loss of almost €700 m at American subsidiary Allfirst.

Group chief executive of Allied Irish Banks Michael Buckley is safe in his job, despite the loss of $691m (€789m) by a trader at a US subsidiary, it was reported today.

AIB officials should be called before the Dail to explain the €746m loss it made through a complex fraud at a US subsidiary, the Labour Party said today.

Officials at AIB bank were today being presented with a report into the €746m fraud at its American subsidiary Allfirst.