Investors were warned that the worries about global growth and the health of Europe’s banks that sent markets reeling at the start of this year have not gone away.

The Irish economy will post another year of strong growth in 2014 on the back of more robust levels of investment, combined with a recovery in domestic consumption, according to the ESRI’s spring quarterly economic commentary, which was launched yesterday.

Ahane 0-11 Na Piarsaigh 0-10

Kelly O’Brien spoke to five people working abroad

Waterford U21HC final: Ballygunner 2-12 Dungarvan 0-11

The Dr Harty Cup gets under way today and, for the first time since 1928, when the competition was not held, there are no defending champions.

The Dr Harty Cup gets under way today and, for the first time since 1928, when the competition was not held, there are no defending champions.

Kevin Daly became only the third Waterford man to captain a successful minor side and the enormity of that achievement seeped in immediately afterwards. Back at the top table after a 65-year absence.

Waterford fans will welcome back their All-Ireland minor heroes this evening with celebrations across the county.

For Waterford, this is an eighth game, with two having been lost already. In contrast, it is Galway’s third outing, the straightforward victory over Laois in the quarter-final followed by the drama of the semi-final, which was overshadowed by the malfunctioning of Hawkeye.

Waterford minor hurling manager Seán Power has kept faith with the 15 that conquered Kilkenny for Sunday’s All-Ireland final.

Kerry 1-15 Waterford 2-6

Michael Hurley has been named at in attack in the only change to the Cork side for this evening’s Electric Ireland Munster MFC semi-final with Tipperary in Semple Stadium (7.30).

Theoretically, the postponement of a game can be seen as a help as it allows both sides more time to prepare.

The Waterford management have made three changes in personnel, as well as a number of positional switches, for tonight’s Electric Ireland Munster MHC semi-final play-off with Clare at Fraher Field in Dungarvan (throw-in 7pm).

Reigning Munster and All-Ireland champions Tipperary can call upon just three starters from last year’s All-Ireland final replay win over Dublin as they begin their Munster MHC campaign with a quarter-final against Waterford at Walsh Park tonight (throw-in 7pm).

Dr Harty Cup final

The NTMA will tomorrow raise €500m through an auction of three-month treasury bills.

De La Salle manager Derek McGrath says his club’s third Waterford hurling title is the perfect response to critics within the county.

A man stated “no response” after he was charged with the murder of a 53-year-old neighbour, who was found stabbed to death at his home in Dublin at the weekend, a court was told today.

The murder trial of Dublin man Jonathan Douglas has heard two witnesses told gardai they had a fear of giving evidence for the prosecution.

Three Irish football fans were among 14 people arrested in Poznan, Poland in the early hours of this morning after a flareup of violence believed to have been sparked by domestic hooligans.

Coláiste na nDéise cruised into the Dr Harty Cup final with victory in the all-Waterford affair which started bizarrely at Fraher Field, Dungarvan on Saturday.

Blackwater CS (Lismore)0-11 Dungarvan CBS 0-8

IRELAND is stuck between depression and acceptance in its reaction to dealing with the economic crisis.

A former Garda sergeant attempted to pay prostitutes to get children as young as five for sex a year after he had been released for a similar offence, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

A 22-year-old man has been given an 18-month sentence for his role in the events leading up to the death of a man in Ballymun who remonstrated with a group of youths following the theft of his friend’s car.

IT WAS nip and tuck all the way in the TCH All Ireland Schools Quiz held at the West Cork Hotel, Skibbereen, Co Cork, yesterday, won on the final question.

IT was another close call encounter in last night’s Thomas Crosbie Holdings All Ireland Schools’ Quiz.

A TIGHTLY fought quiz up to the very end resulted in a win for Mount St Michael’s School, Rosscarbery, with 106 points in the latest heats of the TCH All Ireland Schools Quiz last night.

A man who fired a shotgun blast into the rear window of a former RTE's Treasure Island contestant's car because he wrongly believed he was having an affair with his partner has been jailed for three years by Judge Desmond Hogan.