Students at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) have created a robotic "friend" which uses software to work out how people feel.

Ireland play Australia today in rugby. And Compromise Rules. You knew that, of course.

I HAD hoped the meeting of Cardinal Seán Brady and Archbishop Diarmuid Martin with the Pope in Rome last Saturday would have been marked by dialogue rather than a series of one-sided recriminations. From initial reports it, seems to be more of the latter. A lot will depend on the forthcoming pastoral letter from the Pope.

DUBLIN has catapulted its way into a list of the world’s top financial centres, thanks to its corporate tax rate, workforce and love of partying.