A man is suing Facebook claiming he was defamed in a post calling him "Dundalk's biggest drug dealer".

John Bowe studied accounting and finance in Dublin City University and left there in 1986, joining Standard Chartered Bank (Ireland) Ltd as a graduate trainee.

An Armagh man is to face trial after a motorcyclist was killed in a collision on the quays in Dublin city-centre.

A systems engineer had no entitlement to cut down his next-door neighbour’s 50ft-high trees, a judge in the Circuit Civil Court ruled yesterday.

A Dublin company manager has told a court the value of his home fell by €90,000 after a neighbour cut down seven 50ft-high trees close to their common boundary and strongly trimmed back four others.

The trial of four former bankers accused of conspiring to defraud investors in Anglo has been hearing about its poor relationship with other Irish banks.

The ECB pushed Greece to the precipice of leaving the euro last night; Mortgage rules introduced by the Central Bank earlier this year are already affecting consumer sentiment and house prices; A Naval Service crew was forced to ‘abandon ship’ when further problems were detected on the new €70m LÉ James Joyce. Here’s this morning’s irishexaminer.com catch-up.

Close to 100 jobs are set to be created in Cork over the next five years, with leading international cyber-security firm, eSentire identifying the city as the location for its European headquarters.

Jim McCorry, couldn’t work it out.

Today a Division Two title, tomorrow the world. Or, in Roscommon’s case, an All-Ireland.

Down 1-17, Galway 1-16: Kevin Walsh was left regretting Galway’s wastefulness as Down came with a late charge to snatch a valuable win which moved them to the top of Div 2 in the Allianz Football League.

Bradford 0 Reading 0

FA Cup Fifth Round: Bradford 2 Sunderland 0: Bradford, a city whose last meaningful flirtation with the FA Cup came some 104 years ago, now stand one victory from a Wembley semi-final after a stunning 2-0 upset of Premier League Sunderland at Valley Parade.

John Mitchel’s (Lancashire)1-9 Moate All Whites (Westmeath) 1-6: All-Ireland Club JFC semi-final: Merseyside could have something to celebrate this season after all following John Mitchel’s qualification for the All-Ireland Club JFC final for the second time in their history at Pairc Tailteann, Navan, yesterday.

Two New Zealand tourists have described how they saw a man’s fist go through a Monet painting estimated to be worth €10m in the National Gallery two years ago.

Targeted cybercrime attacks will become rampant and more successful next year in a "golden age" for hackers.

A quarter of small business owners admit the greatest waste of their time is spent browsing social media, shopping online and contacting friends.

Laois 1-16 Down 2-10

Two Dublin men will find out next week if they will be extradited to the Netherlands in connection with the death of a man in Amsterdam.

A judge will not decide until after Christmas whether to extradite two men wanted the Netherlands in connection with the death of a man whose body was found inside a suitcase in an Amsterdam canal.

A man accused of putting his fist through a €10m Claude Monet painting shouted afterwards “it was an accident”, his trial has heard.

Dutch authorities will today continue their efforts to extradite two Dublin men wanted in connection with the death of a man in Amsterdam.

A panicked groom who staged a bomb hoax on his wedding day so his bride would not find out he bungled the booking has been jailed for 12 months.

A man who caused the deaths of three people after driving on the wrong side of the road is facing an increase on his four-year term after an appeal by the DPP.

A four-year sentence handed down to a drunk driver who caused a head-on crash which killed three people and an unborn baby in Co Monaghan has today been found to be unduly lenient on appeal.

The DPP is appealing what it believes is the unduly lenient sentence imposed on a drunk driver who caused a head-on crash killing three people and an unborn baby in Co Monaghan.

The use of electric cars has sparked a major change in the mindset of 21 motorists who have tested the “rechargeable” vehicles over recent months with estimates that annual motoring costs could be cut by up to 80%.

Mayo 3-19 Monaghan 1-12

Assembly members in the North are today poised to vote through a controversial bill barring ex-prisoners guilty of serious offences from becoming special advisers to Stormont ministers.

Derry 1-15 Down 2-17

Healthcare cuts and unemployment cause a host of societal ills, yet Europe refuses to save its citizens, says Richard Fitzpatrick

Down 3-13 Kildare 1-12

Cavan 1-12 Down 0-06

Aston Villa 2 Bradford City 1

Bradford 3 Aston Villa 1

Bradford 3 Aston Villa 1

Monaghan 1-13 St. Mary’s College 2-6

Wife killer Dermot McArdle’s hopes of an early jail release have been dealt a blow after court officials slammed his compensation payments.

Wigan 0 Bradford 0 (Bradford win 4-2 on penalties after extra time)

The cost of extending jobseekers’ benefit to the self -employed next year would be in the region of €87m.

Private patients are flocking over the border to buy their prescription drugs in the North at a fraction of what they pay at home.

Wife killer Dermot McArdle has started to pay back more than €200,000 in court costs and compensation to his sons and ex in-laws — at just €50 a month.

Referee Michael Duffy has admitted he was wrong to allow Monaghan take a quick free which led to their goal in Sunday’s Ulster semi-final against Down.