Looking back at Ireland's defeat, what are the lessons to be learned?

Aston Martin, maker of luxury sports cars for the James Bond movies, is moving ahead with a plan to list shares in London, naming Penny Hughes as chairman to end all-male board representation.

An exhibition celebrating 35 years of fashion by Azzedine Alaïa, couture’s rebellious outsider, opened at London’s Design Museum this week. Rachel Marie Walsh discovers the stories behind the designs on a guided tour from curator Mark Wilson.

UK insurer Aviva, which has substantial operations in Ireland, is considering acquisitions in Poland and Turkey, its chief executive said, as it reported a 2% rise in operating profit and said it planned to return £500m (€560m) to shareholders.

Niyi Adeolokun scored a first-half hat-trick as Challenge Cup Pool Five leaders Connacht ended the group campaign with a win over Oyonnax.

Aston Martin returned to profit, and nearly doubled revenue, in the second quarter. The British luxury car-maker was buoyed by cost cuts and robust demand for its new, DB11 sports car.

Former British and Lions coach Ian McGeechan says the 2017 tourists “need all six games” in the build-up to the first Test in New Zealand.

Aviva is eyeing acquisitions in artificial intelligence and big data as it looks to overhaul the insurance industry and transform itself into a fintech firm.

Dense fog is threatening to cause travel disruption across southern England, with thousands of air passengers facing possible delays.

Aviva chief executive Mark Wilson’s take-home pay more than doubled to £5.67m (€7.2m) last year, after the purchase of rival Friends Life, the British insurer’s annual report showed yesterday.

Aviva Ireland has recorded its best financial performance in five years after posting profits of €85m last year.

They are some of the biggest brains in technology and they have serious money behind them. Their mission now is to end old age and achieve immortality says Rita de Brun.

Celtic succeeded in their pursuit of Dundee United pair Stuart Armstrong and Gary Mackay-Steven in the final stages of the transfer window.

Tiger Woods survived a rules scare but battled a heavy fever, a severe rain storm and then a ‘mud’ ball at the last to post a two under par 70 on day two of the Hero World Challenge in Windermere, Florida.

Insurance giant Aviva is to buy rival Friends Life in a deal worth £5.2bn.

Club managers measure the passage of time in days and weeks, international managers in months and years.

A 26-year-old died from undetected diabetes just months after giving birth to her first child, and in the midst of planning her wedding.

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A multi-agency body set up to manage convicted sex offenders in the community can only monitor a small percentage of them because of data protection limitations and lack of legal powers.

Rory McIlroy admits that he simply “couldn’t cope with any more” when he suffered that mentalmeltdown at the Honda Classic last year and fled the course midway through his second round.

Printers that churn out sweets rather than paper documents have gone on display at the world’s largest consumer electronics show.

A Pennsylvania woman who called herself “Jihad Jane” online and plotted to kill a Swedish artist has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after telling a judge she was once obsessed with jihad.

The US woman terrorist nicknamed “Jihad Jane” has been jailed for 10 years for her part in a plot to kill a Swedish artist who had offended Muslims.

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The reorganisation of the Irish subsidiary of Aviva insurance will see 50 staff who were not included in the original restructuring offered redundancy packages.

Insurance giant Aviva reported a “satisfactory” first half after cost-cutting boosted earnings by 5%, but delivered another blow to investors as it almost halved its interim dividend payout.

Brandt Snedeker collected his sixth PGA Tour title when he won the RBC Canadian Open by three shots after a nerveless final round of 70.

Irish Water announced that 400 jobs would be created during the installation of water meters over the next three years.

Aviva’s new boss offered some encouragement for beleaguered investors today after seeing a solid start to the insurer’s new financial year.

Insurance giant Aviva is eyeing a £650m takeover of The Co-operative’s insurance business in the UK, it was reported today.

Insurance giant Aviva is planning to axe around 2,000 jobs from its UK, European and Asian workforce under cost-cutting plans.

Tiger Woods was in bullish mood after regaining the world number one ranking for the first time since October 2010 with victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational yesterday.

Ernie Els regrets not making more of an effort to talk Rory McIlroy out of his shocking decision to walkout at the Honda Classic.

Jack Nicklaus is backing Rory McIlroy to bounce back in time for the Masters but insisted the world number one must “move on” and forget about his problems with his Nike clubs.

Rory McIlroy shakes hands with Ernie Els before walking in.

Andrew Heffernan and eight unlicensed individuals will have to wait until next Friday to know their fate following a British Horseracing Authority disciplinary panel hearing over breaches of the rules of racing.

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Nine people including Ipswich striker Michael Chopra and jockey Andrew Heffernan have been charged in connection with race-fixing by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA).

Nine people including Ipswich striker Michael Chopra and jockey Andrew Heffernan have been charged in connection with race-fixing by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA).

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When the question was asked of Augusta National chairman Billy Payne, it wasn’t easy to stifle laugher.

It has taken a while but Graeme McDowell will tee it up in the 2012 Masters tomorrow finally feeling comfortable at Augusta National.

Rory McIlroy bounced back from his “flat” opening 73 with a three under 69 but he still finished the day 10 shots behind leader Bubba Watson in the WGC-Cadillac Championship at the TPC Blue Monster in Doral.

Hunter Mahan rates Rory McIlroy “the best player in the world right now for sure” – but it is the American who has won the first world championship of the year and Luke Donald who still tops the rankings for one more week at least.