Pat Hickey, president of the Irish Olympic Committee who stepped side temporarily yesterday, was described recently as “Teflon Man” but he will need the slipperiness of an eel to slide out of his latest brush with controversy.

Hickey has global success that someone like Sports Minister Ross can only look at askance, writes Gerard Howlin

A man with a gun to his head was told “don’t be a hero” during an armed raid. Yesterday, he settled his damages claim against a Dublin bookmaker.

Four family doctor practices each received €600,000 in payments from the HSE in 2013, including one practice that received over €800,000.

A top cancer surgeon working in Donegal is to leave his post next month, due to a lack of resources at Letterkenny hospital.

Five family doctor practices each received HSE payments totalling over €600,000 in 2012, including two practices that received payments in excess of €700,000.

Derry City manager Declan Devine was full of praise for his players, young and old, after their thrilling FAI Cup win but, understandably, made special mention of goalkeeper Ger Doherty who had only travelled down from Derry yesterday after carrying the coffin of his 86-year-old grandfather, Jim McDaid.

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A small GAA community has been left devastated by the death of a young footballer celebrating Donegal’s first All-Ireland final in 20 years.

A 24-year-old man drowned in the Royal Canal returning home after celebrating Donegal’s win in the All-Ireland football semi-final.

For now, at least, Mick Wallace says he will not resign from the Dáil.

A former government minister has asked why no one is questioning the contents of the Mahon Tribunal report.

Fianna Fáil TD Willie O'Dea has backed calls for pensions to be taken from politicians who are found to have acted corruptly.

A PROMINENT district court judge has issued a statement refuting allegations made about him in the Irish edition of The Sunday Times and has warned that he is considering suing the newspaper for defamation.

EVENTS in Cardiff, Croke Park and Cheltenham may be uppermost in most minds this month but Irish sport claimed its most important victory of the year yesterday when it was retained at the cabinet table by the new Government.

The returning officer in Donegal North East has announced the commencement of counting of votes for Padraig MacLoclainn, SF and Joe McHugh, FG, the top two candidates.

THE last vestige of credibility evaporated from the Progressive Democrats from the moment Michael McDowell hoist the petard that the PDs were exiting government — only to subsequently change their minds.

TROUBLES continued to mount for Fianna Fáil last night with confirmation that two of its Dublin TDs have decided not to put themselves forward for the next election.

TWO ex-Fianna Fáil ministers were revealed as having the Dáil’s worst attendance records.

Former Fianna Fáil TD Jim McDaid was the worst attendee this year in the Dáil, according to official figures released this evening.

EU Commissioner Ollie Rehn has been – he came, he saw and he didn’t quite conquer us but he did tell us €15 billion over four years might not be enough.

THE rain fell and the tears flowed as the week started in tragedy.

JIM McDaid resigned his Dáil seat saying the Taoiseach should call a general election.

RUNAWAY deputy Jim McDaid will receive more than three times the current average industrial wage for the rest of his life because of the 21 years he spent in Dáil Éireann.

AS the cost of bonds hit new highs yesterday a leading economist warned Ireland is edging closer to a debt default than many realise.

FORMER Dáil deputy Jim McDaid once called those who committed suicide “selfish bastards” and this unfortunate phrase came to mind this week when he ended his own political career suddenly, dramatically and seemingly with little care for some of those left behind.

The long-awaited Donegal South West by-election will be held on Thursday November 25, it was revealed today.

EVENTS appeared to be slipping from the Government’s control at an alarming rate.

THERE is a tendency among tottering regimes to cling to power at any cost – a brand of political arrogance usually associated with less than constitutional ‘banana republics’.

The Government has offended the spirit of the Constitution by failing to hold the long-awaited Donegal South-West by-election, the High Court ruled today.

The High Court will rule today on a Sinn Féin lawsuit to try to force the Government to hold the long-awaited by-election in Donegal South West.

“THEY gave me nothing and I owe them nothing” was how Jim McDaid summed up his relationship with Fianna Fáil back in 2007, just after he regained his seat on the party’s ticket in Donegal North East.

“YOU have sat too long for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!”

THE sensational decision by former minister Jim McDaid to end his political career with a short letter to the Dáil has flummoxed his political peers.

THE exit of Jim McDaid was in keeping with his career, his public persona and his political path. It left a bitter taste.

THE Government has insisted it can push through the budget despite losing yet another TD who departed with a stinging rebuke to Taoiseach Brian Cowen.

The clamour for a general election intensified tonight after renegade TD Jim McDaid quit politics, accusing the Government of failing to take tough decisions.

Ceann Comhairle Seamus Kirk has confirmed the resignation of former minister Jim McDaid from the Dáil.

Renegade TD Jim McDaid is to quit politics, it was confirmed today.

Former Minister Jim McDaid has resigned his Dáil seat.

Donegal North East Deputy Dr Jim McDaid has said there should be a General Election this month.