Concerns that up to 1,000 children may have been “trafficked” to the US from the Tuam were raised in 2012, a college student who got seven A1s in the Leaving Certificate believes the system is stacked against the students and O' Connell leaves Munster with IRFU blessing. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

A HSE report questioned if children’s death certs were falsified at Bessborough to enable ‘brokering’ of adoptions, Gardaí in Kerry are investigating criminal damage worth thousands of euro to a luxury holiday home in Aghadoe, the pressure on Sepp Blatter has intensified. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

AS a boy, Korey Kiepert built toy amusement parks. He made small, functional, rollercoasters in his bedroom and dreamt up inventive jumps.