The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal brought by the trustees of a non-denominational church — the Victory Christian Fellowship against a High Court ruling that Bank of Scotland was entitled to appoint a joint receiver over three of its properties.

Odds-on favourite Gleneagles and 14/1 shot Jack Naylor grabbed the Group 3 glory in last night’s two-year-old twin features at Leopardstown.

Declan Waugh, as usual, does not fail to deliver his usual overdose of bad science, tempered with a touch of apoplexy in his recent letter to the Irish Examiner (Wednesday, July 2) where he treats us to yet another cocktail of inaccuracy about water fluoridation. To his cult following in the outer reaches of the alternative health sector where homeopathy, and not medicine, holds sway he may be a hero. To those of us, who have taken the time and trouble to check his outrageous claims on this subject, he is, to put it mildly, quite misleading.

A review on the use of fluoride in the public water system will be completed by Christmas amid growing calls for the practice to be scrapped.

Pádraig Harrington hopes a share of fifth at his season-opening Volvo Champions in Durban is a sign of things to come in 2014.

A plan aiming to restore Killarney’s reputation as one of the premier parkland golf resorts in the country has just been launched.

Three trustees of a Christian church have given solemn undertakings to the High Court not to obstruct bank-appointed receivers from taking possession of three of their properties in Dublin.

SPANISH bank Santander has named Irishman Gerry Byrne chief executive of its operations in Poland, following its recent acquisition of AIB’s banking interests in Poland, including the BZ WBK Group, for just over €4 billion.

BOB GELDOF had a lot to say about his dad at his funeral Mass yesterday, not just because he had lived such a long life.

"There are no winners in this case", according to solicitor Michael Lannigan outside the Central Criminal Court sitting in Waterford today, as 19-year-old Caroline Brennan walked free.

WE made huge strides in diverting biodegradable waste from landfills last year – with a 19% drop in the amount of food, garden and other organic waste being dumped, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) latest waste report.

IRELAND’S growing mountains of organic and food waste threaten to breach a key EU target, an environmental report has warned.

Fine Gael justice spokesman Charlie Flanagan tonight called on the Government to spare gardaí from a raft of looming spending cuts after a man was shot dead in a busy betting shop – the 13th gangland murder this year.

FARMING the Environment is part of an ongoing project that Monaghan and Longford County Councils have been working on with farmers to help them cut costs and improve their environmental performance

A DUBLIN company has become the first in Ireland to be prosecuted for failing to comply with its producer obligations under the WEEE directive.

THE amount of waste being disposed of at landfill continues to increase in the face of an EU directive on reduction.

Urgent action is needed if Ireland is to meet tough targets to cut down on rubbish being sent to landfill, it was warned tonight.

ABOUT 10% of Irish hazardous waste is not being disposed of properly, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, which also called on the Government to curb the widespread exporting of Irish hazardous waste.

It was a case of Strange by name, strange by nature in the first round of the Scandinavian Masters in Stockholm.

HERE we are in the height of summer and preferred lies have already been agreed to for the €3.6 million Smurfit Kappa European Open, beginning over the Smurfit Course at The K Club this morning.

Bookmaker Paddy Power has slashed the odds on 'Ros na Rún' star Gavin O'Fearraigh winning this week's final of 'Celebrity Jigs n' Reels' from 8/15 to 2/5 after bets poured in for the actor.

TRAVEL outside any Irish town, on a Monday morning, for about just as long as it takes to eat a carton of chips and you’re almost certain to find packaging strewn around the roadside.

A special team of Ryder Cup stewards will ensure autograph hunters and would-be stalkers are kept well away from top players like Tiger Woods at this weekend’s event.

Aviation experts are warning Ryanair that its proposals to allow the use of mobile phones on flights could seriously compromise passenger safety.

A branch of high street pharmacy Boots was fined over €1,000 and became the first company prosecuted for breaching a European Union directive aimed at cutting levels of electrical waste, it emerged today.

STUNNED locals were stuck for words and few could comprehend how or why a bitter, protracted dispute over land could spark a murder and a suicide in the close-knit community of Coolyhune on the Carlow/Kilkenny border.

A GROUP of farmers have raised concerns about the recent spillage of 50,000 litres of caustic soda at the Aughinish Alumina plant with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

THE State cannot account for an estimated 287,000 tonnes of household rubbish which went uncollected by local authorities in 2003.

HOUSEHOLDS and businesses generated a staggering three million tonnes of waste in 2003, 10% more than the previous year, a new report has shown.

IRELAND’S biggest company Allied Irish Banks yesterday refuted market speculation it was in talks to widen its holdings in the Polish banking sector. It did not rule out such a move in the future.

The ESB Men’s Superleague resumes action this weekend and it’s still pretty tight at the top in one of the closest-fought campaigns of recent seasons.