A legal dispute between Supermac's founder Pat McDonagh and tenants of one of the fast-food chain outlets has been settled.

A total of 14 women who were in An Grianán training centre post-1980 and worked in the attached High Park Magdalene laundry in Dublin have yet to receive a provisional offer for redress from Mr Flanagan’s department.

Do you remember who said: “That five years as an electrician probably just grounded myself”?

There has been a dramatic fall in so-called sham marriages due to a crackdown incorporating gardaí and civic registrars.

A convicted sex offender accused of murdering two young sisters who disappeared from a Maryland shopping centre is expected to plead guilty to the crime that has haunted the area for more than 40 years.

China is worried about a US missile defence system deployed in South Korea to head off an attack by the North. What is at stake, asks David Tweed.

Lyon have agreed a deal with Manchester United for Memphis Depay, it is understood.

Valencia 0 Lyon 2: Gary Neville’s first game in charge of Valencia ended in an embarrassing defeat — with his team humbled 2-0 at home by Lyon to crash out of the Champions League.

A man charged with a 1997 double murder said a confession made by him in relation to the killings was “produced” by gardaí, a jury has heard.

Following the abysmal showing of Australia’s international rules side last October and the subsequent promise that it wouldn’t happen again this year, it appears the Aussies have kept their word by naming an exceptionally strong squad.

Delays in obtaining an Irish property licence have forced the postponement of the sale of contents from Bantry House, due to have taken place on October 21.

NOT every house can boast a suite of tapestries given as a gift by the King of France to his future daughter-in-law, Marie-Antoinette.

When people heard that Denis Lyons, a former junior minister, had passed away, they immediately thought of his dedicated commitment to Fianna Fáil, the GAA, and the Irish language.

INTERNATIONAL interest in the October auction of contents from Bantry House will centre on tapestries, icons and furniture.

A number of disruptive businesses are emerging in the banking sector aiming to reorganise how the traditional industry in Ireland performs.

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Europa League last 32: Tottenham 2 Lyon 1

Andre Villas-Boas has challenged Tottenham to show they are capable of cutting it in the Champions League by beating Lyon tonight (8.05pm, live on Setanta, ITV).

A state funeral was held for Australian Rules legend and former Dublin minor footballer Jim Stynes in Melbourne earlier today.

Bono wrote a character reference for Courtney Love so she could move into her new apartment.

APOEL 1 Lyon 0 (after extra time; 1-1 on aggregate, APOEL win 4-3 on penalties)

Alexandre Lacazette’s deflected goal gave Lyon a much-needed win in the first leg of their Champions League clash with APOEL Nicosia last night.

The Golden Mean

Courtney Love claims her landlady made her cry when she last visited her.

A Dublin payments firm has announced the creation of 50 jobs.

As the AFL season gets underway this weekend, former Young Footballer of the Year Tommy Walsh edges closer and closer to his St Kilda League debut. Joe Callaghan met him in Melbourne.

REAL MADRID progressed to the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in seven years after convincingly seeing off Lyon last night to record a 4-1 aggregate victory.

TOMMY WALSH’S debut in the AFL next week is a story that will be framed by the sports pages, distilled by short-sleeved press men and is, undeniably, about Aussie Rules.

IRELAND, England and Wales are expected to dodge EU fines for claiming subsidies on ineligible land, which will cost Scotland and Northern Ireland at least €200 million.

A complaint about former British Labour Party minister and Rotherham MP Denis MacShane has been referred to the Metropolitan Police, the UK parliament's standards watchdog said today.

Scottish MEPs this afternoon hailed a major victory when a call to end all new drilling for oil in European waters was overturned in the European Parliament.

THE keynote address at the Agricultural Science Association’s annual conference in Tullow, Co Carlow, on September 10 will be given by George Lyon.

Soham murderer Ian Huntley is suing the prison service after being attacked by another inmate, the Ministry of Justice said.

THE European Parliament yesterday took the first step on the path to reforming the Common Agriculture Policy post-2013.

LYON were grateful to goalkeeper Hugo Lloris for a dramatic late save as Les Gones reached the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in their history with victory over Ligue 1 rivals Bordeaux last night.

TWO GOALS from Lisandro earned Lyon a crucial advantage over Bordeaux in their domestic French battle to discover who will face Manchester United or Bayern Munich in the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Three former UK cabinet ministers have been suspended by the Labour Party over allegations they were prepared to use their position to influence government policy for cash.

REAL MADRID’S dreams of a Champions League final at their Bernabeu home were crushed by Lyon last night as the Spanish giants were knocked out at the last-16 stage for the sixth successive season.

TOMMY WALSH has failed to make the St Kilda panel for tomorrow’s second round NAB Cup game against Sydney Swans.

TOMMY WALSH will make his competitive debut in the AFL tomorrow, with St Kilda naming him in their squad for the NAB Cup opener against Collingwood and head coach Ross Lyon promising a likely substitute’s role because he has “surpassed expectations”.