Three has been ranked the worst performing mobile network in Ireland lagging behind its competitors on network speed and data performance, in particular.

Lack of competition in the banking industry plays a key role in explaining exorbitant rates Irish SMEs pay for their loans, Central Bank research has revealed.

Art is born of humiliation. [W.H. Auden]

Tyrone manager Mickey Harte says he will have a more "hands-on" role in training his senior football squad next season.

Property-related debt among SMEs is concentrated among a relatively small number of firms, which have much higher default rates than the industry average, according to the Central Bank.

Tyrone manager Mickey Harte is set to appoint a new backroom team following the departure of his assistant Tony Donnelly and team trainer Fergal McCann.

The overall indebtedness among Irish SMEs is not at a level that will trigger a wave of company foreclosures and presage another economic crisis, according to research conducted by the Central Bank.

Tyrone county secretary Dominic McCaughey has launched a scathing attack on RTÉ over the Seán Cavanagh rugby tackle outburst.

Irish SMEs are among the most heavily reliant on banks for funding, although since the financial crash there has been a move to trade credit and equity for working capital.

Monaghan's Darren Hughes has said he would have committed the same cynical foul as Sean Cavanagh whose "rugby tackle" denied Conor McManus a goal-scoring chance during Tyrone's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final win at Croke Park.

Tyrone attacker Paddy McNeice is out for the rest of the season with a broken collar bone.

Fionn Fitzgerald and Kieran Donaghy both come into the Kerry senior football side for Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final with Cavan in Croke Park (throw-in 2pm).

Tyrone defender Cathal McCarron is a doubt for Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC Qualifier clash with Meath at Croke Park.

It lies in the heart of Tyrone and will be at the hub of the county’s hopes and dreams for years to come.

MICKEY Harte is set to carry out a major overhaul of his Tyrone squad.

The Government has been urged to demand that bailed-out banks open their books after a study found Ireland was second only to Greece in terms of refusing loans to small firms.

The Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association (ISME) has today called on the Government to demand that bailed-out banks open their books after a study claimed Ireland is second only to Greece in terms of refusing loans to small firms.

Ireland is the most difficult country in the eurozone for small businesses to access credit, according to Central Bank governor Patrick Honohan.

BACK in February, only days after his team had carved out a hard-earned win up in Armagh in the opening round of the league, Bernard Brogan was wheeled out at one of those sponsored media gigs to give his assessment about Dublin’s prospects for the season.

NEW YORK might have to earn the right to face an Irish team in the Connacht SFC if the North American County Board are successful in their quest to field a team in the All-Ireland SFC.

THE Tyrone players will take to the field for their first game of the season tonight with heavy hearts, but with a resolve to do justice to their desire of honouring the memory of Michaela McAreavey, according to trainer Fergal McCann.

Tyrone won’t be playing football this weekend, but when they do there’s another unspeakable tragedy to overcome. All Star defender Ryan McMenamin spoke to John Fogarty

TYRONE county board chairman Ciaran McLaughlin has hit out at the treatment meted to referee Martin Sludden at the end of last July’s controversial Leinster senior football final.

DONAL O’GRADY last night spoke of the ‘talent and potential’ in Limerick hurling as he bids to restore the fortunes of a county rocked by controversy in 2010.

THE IDEA that plain old hard work and discipline are the twin planks of success can be hard to accept, particularly for perennial runners-up.

Like Kerry, three will be a magic number for Tyrone today should they claim victory in the 122nd All-Ireland Senior Football final today.

HIS team may have won but Mickey Harte looked like he’d aged 20 years as he made his way to the Kerry dressing room to commiserate with the beaten finalists.

FERGAL MCCANN of InterTrade Ireland’s Equity Network, a support programme for businesses looking for private equity funding, talks to David Clerkin.

Fergal McCann, venture capital expert and lead adviser with InterTrade Ireland, the cross-Border business development body, said there was no shortage of funding available to entrepreneurs but businesses needed to do more to attract interest from venture capitalists.