Former tánaiste Mary Harney last night denied she halted a probe into offshore tax accounts because prominent PD Des O’Malley’s name was on a list of people allegedly involved and that every opportunity had been afforded the investigation to finish its work.

Ireland tries to milk EU for all it’s worth

Two astronauts were on hand to help launch the biggest EU science conference in the European Parliament involving more than 100 countries over five days.

Ireland scores badly for research funding