Ten prisoners transferred to Irish prisons after receiving sentences in the UK have been freed because of a loophole in the law, the Department of Agriculture is on alert for an influx of deadly Asian hornets, the men who won Jose Mourinho the title, and the world awaits the name of the royal baby. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

We have so many ingrained behaviours that we haven’t even realised we don’t enjoy TV anymore or that our procrastination can be overcome, writes Emer Sexton

A couple who were shattered by a freak tragedy have become the public face of a campaign to keep late-night revellers safe on Irish roads, Michael Noonan says Siteserv inquiry will not look at AIB and Paddy Power causes controversy with new ad campaign. These are some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com this lunchtime.

Vagenda is a thought provoking book about the women’s magazine industry that left Emer Sexton wondering if woman are under siege, yet too busy trying to imitate Kylie Jenner’s lips to notice. 

Want to feel invigorated, madly alive and have great conversation. Get thee to an outdoor sauna where you can run from 100 degree temperatures to an icy lake or sea, writes Emer Sexton

Viv Albertine was a guitarist with anarchic all-girl band the Slits in 1970s London. From hanging with a ‘shy’ Sid Vicious to fearing for her life as a female punk, Emer Sexton meets a woman who tore up the rulebook. 

In relation to Emer Sexton’s column on bacteria (Irish Examiner, January 5), the late Stephen Gould, the evolutionary biologist, said that bacteria, not humans, were the dominant life-force on Earth.

A new book probes how technology is impacting young peoples' sense of identity, relationships and imagination, reveals Emer Sexton.

As Lena Dunham plans a HBO series inspired by Betty Halbreich, Emer Sexton finds out what drives New York’s shopping queen

TOURISTS looked bewildered and day trippers stopped to stare as Alice in Wonderland, the Mad Hatter, the March Hare and the Dormouse trooped through Kinsale yesterday, followed by up to 200 revellers eating and drinking their way though the town.