Tony Martin’s ability to effectively target a feature handicap scaled new heights yesterday afternoon as the Meath trainer again landed Ireland’s richest National Hunt race, the Guinness Galway Hurdle, with Quick Jack, and would almost certainly have had three of the first four home had last year’s winner, Thomas Edison, not taken a tumble at the final flight.

Catalpa tells the incredible true tale of the vessel that sailed to Australia in 1875 to break six Fenians out of jail, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

Tony Martin is once again likely to be the toast of punters if Quick Jack (right) can deliver for favourite-backers in the Betfred Cesarewitch at Newmarket on Saturday.

Mary Reynolds caused a stir when she became Ireland’s first gold medal winner at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2002 in a category which included Britain’s Prince Charles.

For decades, Kermit Gosnell performed illegal procedures, and this year was convicted of killing three babies born viable. Now two Irish film makers want to tell his grisly tale, says John Breslin.

The Moriarty Tribunal has made one of its highest payments yet of €536,876.94 to cover the costs of Danish telecoms expert, Michael Andersen, the Irish Examiner has learnt.

Businesses and individuals developing and selling smartphone and computer apps in the EU earned €17.5bn last year, a figure that could rise to €63bn in just five years.

Tony Martin will decide next week whether Quick Jack will take his chance in the Boylesports.com Hurdle at Leopardstown on January 25.

In this feature from our archives Irish journalist, John Breslin, charts the rise and fall of the infamous Boston crime lord, Whitey Bulger, who was found dead in his prison cell earlier today.

Successful over course and distance last month, the Tony Martin-trained Ted Veale bounced back from his Galway Hurdle disappointment when justifying odds-on favouritism in last night’s finale in Bellewstown, the irishmirror.ie Amateur Race.

The details of his personal life often hit the gossip pages, but PayPal and SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s plans for superfast travel using electromagnetic waves is being taken seriously, writes John Breslin

A new super-smart buoy is to be launched in Cork harbour in the next few weeks which will provide scientists with a wealth of information and facilitate a number of hi-tech research projects.

Former multiple champion Ruby Walsh cut Davy Russell’s lead in the title-race to seven (100-93) when completing a pre-Punchestown double on Turban and Living Next Door in Cork last night.

A legal battle centred on sex abuse ended in a victory for the Holy See, writes John Breslin in Chicago

High Court proceedings by Anglo Irish Bank against Co Cork solicitor Declan Guilfoyle, who allegedly planned to liquidate the State-owned bank, were struck out today.

MEMBERS of Sean Quinn’s family and Quinn Investments Sweden were accused in the High Court yesterday of involvement in a sinister conspiracy to put assets in Ukraine, Russia, Sweden, India and Cyprus beyond the reach of Anglo Irish Bank.

THE National Assets Management Agency is opposing the appointment of an examiner to five companies in the Whelan Group, one of the largest concrete products suppliers in the country employing 120 people. The High Court will hear the petition for examinership on Friday.

A CORK developer who transferred money from a construction project in the Caribbean to bank accounts in Carrigaline and Bishopstown has told the High Court they were legitimate transfers for personal and business purposes.

John Breslin on a court case that throws a spotlight on the murky world of international espionage and shady deals struck in Afghanistan.

In the ‘show me’ State, actions speak louder than words, reports John Breslin in St Louis, Missouri.

Residents in north Co Dublin are preparing to fight the Government’s attempts to locate a new super prison in their area, writes John Breslin.

Niall Murray and John Breslin talk to former St Joseph’s students who believe Robert Howard could have been abused.

John Breslin

John Breslin

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John Breslin and Diarmaid MacDermott

Lisa Dorrian, a fun-loving 25-year-old, vanished after a party earlier this year. Detectives believe she was another victim of loyalist gang warfare and drug dealing, writes John Breslin

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Two years after Mary Reid’s mysterious death, her family still fights for the truth, writes John Breslin.

Six months after Robert McCartney’s killing, the IRA’s commitment to end violence means little to his loved ones still persecuted for their battle for justice, writes John Breslin.

Families involved in the Morris Tribunal will be among those at tonight’s meeting, writes John Breslin.

John Breslin

John Breslin

John Breslin

Rosalind McBrearty tells of Donegal family’s nine-year nightmare, writes John Breslin.

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John Breslin

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Caroline O’Doherty, John Breslin and Cormac O’Keeffe

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John Breslin

Cormac O’Keeffe and John Breslin