Parcels delivery firm TNT Express is set for a takeover by rival FedEx after the Dutch firm backed an offer worth €4.4bn.

Gavin Friday’s album Catholic pays tribute to those killed between 1916 and 1922 who might have built a better nation, says Alan O’Riordan

The US government has begun legal action against 17 financial firms, including the country’s largest banks, for selling billions worth of mortgage-backed securities that turned toxic when the housing market collapsed.

John Part made it two-in-a-row claiming a second Ireland Open Classic title in 2002.