THE VENUE was laden with symbolism. Amnesty International was launching its report into the affects of Ireland’s draconian abortion laws and it was taking place in the Pillar Room in the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin, writes Alison O’Connor.

RTE has told the High Court that Denis O’Brien is hanging a 'Sword of Damocles' over the entire media; Days after their loss, while they were still reeling from grief, Gaye and Gerry Edwards received their son’s remains in an envelope and John Giles has not been dropped from the panel covering Ireland's soccer matches, RTE has said. Just some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

Cormac O'Keeffe speaks to a Wicklow couple whose nightmare was only beginning when they travelled to England for an induced delivery after their son was diagnosed with a fatal foetal abnormality.  

A jury’s verdict that Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke copied Marvin Gaye’s music to create their hit song ‘Blurred Lines’ won’t just be felt by the singers’ pocketbooks — it has the potential to change how musicians work and could open the door to new copyright claims.

Robin Thicke is being sued for copyright infringement over his hit song 'Blurred Lines'.

Few American cities are as synonymous with the evolution of popular music as is Detroit.

A Syrian warplane crashed in flames in eastern Syria in disputed circumstances yesterday as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces pursued their drive to quell rebels in Aleppo and elsewhere.

Regime forces strafed rebel-held districts in Aleppo with helicopter gunships and pounded them with shelling on the third day of a pitched battle for Syria’s commercial capital.

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THE world of Irish rugby put aside thoughts of next Saturday’s Munster-Leinster match yesterday as it celebrated the life of the late Irish and Lions captain, Karl Mullen, who died last Sunday aged 82.

R&B superstar Usher wants to play the leading role in a biopic of legendary singer Marvin Gaye.

DENNIS MIDDLETON did not think twice when doctors asked him to donate part of his liver to his youngest son, Steven.

A FAMILY whose two sheepdogs had to be put down after being poisoned with weedkiller say the culprit has been killing pets in the area for the last 16 years.

Trainer Clive Cox plans to test Lago d’Orta in better company after the colt landed his fourth prize of the season in the Paul Kelleway Memorial Classified Stakes at Lingfield on Wednesday.

Marvin Gaye has been declared the "lord of love" with his Motown classics Sexual Healing and Let's Get It On voted the UK's favourite soundtrack for sex.