A civil servant in the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has been been given an 11-month sentence for disclosing sensitive information about the arrest of a suspect in a dissident republican murder case.

A service officer working for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has been found guilty of disclosing sensitive information in connection with the arrest of a suspect in a dissident republican murder case.

The barrister for a Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) employee accused of disclosing sensitive information has said his client was “spoofing” when he discussed details of an IRA murder case.

A post room worker the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) accused of disclosing sensitive information told gardaí he raised security concerns about people reading files in work, a trial has heard.

A service officer in the Director of Public Prosecutions’ (DPP) office admitted to gardaí that he had a peek in a Peter Butterly murder suspect's file and took pictures of parts of other files, a trial has heard.

A civil servant accused of leaking information about the imminent arrest of a suspect in the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly, was “white as a ghost” after seeing the man appear in court, a trial has heard.

HAVING last sold for the equivalent of ‘small potatoes,’ and after a costly €1.5m plus rolling refurb, Youghal’s beach-fronting Walter Raleigh Hotel — named for Youghal’s most famous resident Walter Raleigh, of tobacco and potato popularising renown — is back for sale, it is increasingly profitable and now carries a €2.5 million price tag.

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The Court of Appeal has overturned awards of between €23,000 and €48,000 to three bookmakers arising out of a row over the loss of their betting ring pitch positions at Dundalk racecourse, writes Ann O'Loughlin.

The Corrs have started to enjoy the fruits of their 2015 comeback with the cashpile at their music firm climbing to over €310,000.

A proposal to give a giant statue of Queen Victoria, which has been placed in cold storage for almost 40 years, on loan to Australia was strongly opposed by the Minister for Finance, John Bruton.

Dublin’s Spire acts like a super-sized ‘Google Maps’ pin to locate this compact Dublin city centre hotel on O’Connell Street, one which had housed five homeless families until they were rehomed in late July.

Since 1898, Dublin Fire Brigade ran the ambulance service and the emergence of the log book of the brigade’s headquarters in Tara Street from 1916 bears witness to the efforts to deal with the battle waging on the streets and the people affected, writes Las Fallon

Inverness manager John Hughes is relishing the prospect of a potential reunion with “maverick” striker Anthony Stokes after making a move for the Celtic player.

Celtic new boy Scott Allan checked in as the Hoops marred a fine performance in their 4-2 Ladbrokes Premiership win over Inverness with some late slackness.

Oliver Driver is a theatre director from New Zealand. He is the director of Live Live Cinema Little Shop of Horrors, where the performers lip-sync, play a new soundtrack and do all the foley effects live to the original Roger Corman film. It will be performed at Galway International Arts Festival on 21 & 22 July at 8pm and 23 July at 11pm in the Bailey Allen Hall, NUI Galway. This is a show for all the family to enjoy.

HOTELS in Cork, Kerry, Clare and Tipperary all feature in the latest burst of investor and end-user activity in the hospitality sector market.

Celtic began their Scottish Premiership title-winning party after a Stefan Scepovic double helped them to an easy 5-0 win over a weakened Inverness side at Parkhead.

INVERNESS CT  3 CELTIC 2: Celtic boss Ronny Deila pointed the finger at official Alan Muir for missing a controversial penalty incident in his side’s 3-2 William Hill Scottish Cup semi-final defeat to Inverness which ended hopes of a treble.

Gate Theatre, Dublin

Three bookmakers have been awarded between €23,000 and €48,000 by the High Court arising out of the loss of their betting ring pitch positions at Dundalk racecourse.

Cork, Kerry and Limerick hotels are among a portfolio of seven profitably trading Irish hotels being sold as a bundle, or individually, by Nama in the so-called Crystal Portfolio, valued all-in at €35m and totalling over 830 beds.

Aberdeen boss Derek McInnes hailed his players after they took advantage of Celtic’s postponement at Partick by beating St Johnstone to move top of the Scottish Premiership.

Glasgow faces three months of hype over the first Old Firm derby since Rangers went into liquidation but Celtic striker Anthony Stokes knows they have to play the game and not the occasion when the Scottish League Cup semi-final comes around.

Four members of the Ulster Flying Club have survived a plane crash in Florida.

World-renowned Irish trophy property, Adare Manor Hotel and Golf Resort, on 766 acres in Co Limerick, has gone to market this week for a price of €25-27m, via agents CBRE, acting for vendor and owner, US-based Tom Kane, who has redeveloped it over the past 27 years.

Private solicitors working for the Director of Public Prosecutions were paid almost €6.5m last year.

It’s been a very busy week on the PGA Irish Region circuit with five events staged across seven days in four counties.

Looking to update your wardrobe without breaking the bank? Follow Rachel Marie Walsh’s guide to summer’s hottest accessories — and strike the all-important balance between trend-aware and fashion victim.

SKIN TRADE

Guided at just under €1m is the 71-bed Midlands hotel, the Creggan Court, part of a roadside complex in the centre of Ireland, at Athlone.

With a gig in the Project this week, comic Seán Hughes reflects on his success in Britain, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

HOTEL sales momentum is continuing to gather pace as the year’s first quarter ends, with sales agreed or closed totalling around €10m at Cork’s Oriel House Hotel, in Ballincollig, in Charleville, and in Wexford’s Bunclody, where the Millrace (previously a Carlton hotel), has just been sold by CBRE.

An emblem of the Celtic Tiger era, the Heritage Hotel in Co Laois, goes for sale this week with €5.5m price guide.

The company behind one of Ireland’s most successful bands, The Corrs continues to make profits — in spite of the band not recording music for a number of years.

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Republic of Ireland striker Anthony Stokes has described the importance of Celtic’s 17-game unbeaten run in the Scottish Premiership as “massive” as the champions prepare for the trip to Inverness tomorrow.

HE WAS one of the great statesman of the latter half of the 20th century. But Nelson Mandela was also a hugely significant cultural figure.

IT’S not an obvious topic for comedy, but Seán Hughes has written a critically acclaimed show about the death of his father, aged 72, from leukaemia a couple of years ago.

TAVI Gevinson and I are emailing at night: 11pm my time; “free period” at school hers.

A car dealer jailed for four years for failing to pay more than €220,000 in Vat has had his sentence cut to two years on appeal.