History could be made in Tyrone tonight with the election of the GAA’s first female county chairman.

Tyrone secretary Dominic McCaughey has called on the Ulster Council to streamline the provincial football championship and abandon the tradition of playing just one game each week.

Is it time to extend the black card to the game of hurling?

Century Homes founder Gerard McCaughey is entitled to a full hearing of his claim that he is not yet liable to repay a loan advanced to him by Anglo Irish Bank for an investment fund related to two New York hotels, the Supreme Court has ruled.

International tax policy changes being considered by the OECD could shave €1bn off Ireland’s annual multinational tax take, a Dáil Committee has heard.

Prominent dissident republican Colin Duffy was an innocent victim of a loyalist ambush in the North almost 25 years ago, his lawyer said.

Tyrone secretary Dominic McCaughey has called on the GAA to review its procedure for financially supporting teams who play away from home in the All-Ireland Qualifiers.

Tyrone county secretary Dominic McCaughey has launched a scathing attack on RTÉ over the Seán Cavanagh rugby tackle outburst.

Britain breached the human rights of relatives of two IRA men by failing to promptly investigate their deaths at the hands of the SAS, a European court has ruled.

A retired Fianna Fáil senator yesterday appeared, along with two others, at a sitting of a District Court on a charge of demanding money by menaces.

Tyrone secretary Dominic McCaughey stoked the flames of the county’s rivalry with Kerry in his annual report.

An IRA man was already dead or dying when he was shot on the ground from close range by an SAS soldier, a pathologist told a Belfast inquest.

Police had advance warning of a planned IRA operation which ended with two gunmen being shot dead by the SAS, an inquest heard today.

The businessman cleared of assaulting a burglar he struck twice with his Mercedes car last night said: “I’m glad it’s all over.” He said he wouldn’t go “through this ordeal again”.

A businessman on trial for assault causing harm and for endangering the life of a burglar who broke into his house was already successfully sued for €175,000 by the man, a court has heard.

GALWAY champions Corofin are appealing the suspension of two of their members and the €5,100 fine dished out following the controversial Connacht SFC Club final defeat by St Brigid’s of Roscommon.

THE GAA stood over its involvement in a campaign asking the new Government not to introduce legislation which would stop alcoholic drinks companies from sponsoring sport.

No candidate has reached the quota in the Cork South West constituency. Six candidates have been eliminated - candidates Butler, Doonan, Kearney, McCaughey, McInenerty and Michael O'Sullivan.

A US businessman has told the Commercial Court his proposal to Anglo Irish Bank to sponsor a New York hotels investment fund was first suggested at a Rolling Stones concert in New York in September 2005.

ANGLO Irish Bank told investors who invested $50 million (€36m) in its New York hotels investment fund there was no other planned hotel development in the relevant area of Manhattan, although Anglo had provided funds to refurbish another hotel in the area, a court was told yesterday.

THE “cavalier” ethos and attitude displayed by Anglo Irish Bank in promoting and managing an investment fund for two hotels in New York’s Manhattan district “readily explains how Anglo single-handedly brought this country to the position it finds itself in“, the Commercial Court was told.

THE Tyrone brand continues to represent a lucrative investment opportunity, despite the recession.

KERRY boss Jack O’Connor has serious injury headaches ahead of the Munster SFC semi-final replay with Cork at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday, with key personnel all sitting out training last night.

The planning and control of controversial security operations could be examined by coroners after a landmark ruling sent relatives of two IRA men shot dead by SAS to the UK’s highest court, their solicitor claimed today.

TYRONE have been hit with a suspension blow which has ruled three of their top players out of tomorrow’s NFL clash with Mayo.

ANGLO Irish Bank has claimed businessman Gerard McCaughey is the “ringleader” behind serious claims of fraudulent representation and concealment against the bank and another company related to an investment fund to buy and renovate two hotels in New York.

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IRISH Nationwide boss Michael Fingleton is expected to resign on Monday next following the controversy over a €1 million bonus.

The head of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, businessman Gerry McCaughey, dramatically quit tonight amid criticisms regarding tax avoidance.

THERE are two ways of looking at Finance Minister Brian Lenihan’s statement on Irish Nationwide.

IRELAND manager Hugh McCaughey is confident his side can “spring a few surprises” at the Rugby Sevens World Cup in Dubai this week.

THE future of the International Rules Series could come under scrutiny at the GAA’s Congress in April if a motion submitted by Tyrone is deemed fit for debate.

Former PSNI assistant chief constable Peter Sheridan today challenged the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) to lead people towards reconciliation in the North.

There will be a new name etched on the Gaelic Life Dr McKenna Cup this season after champions Tyrone went down by 0-12 to 0-11 to Donegal in their final group game today.

Lawyers representing the families of two IRA men shot dead by security forces in controversial circumstances went to the House of Lords today to challenge the manner in which the inquests into their deaths will proceed.

The circumstances which led to a schoolboy being starved of oxygen after a routine operation should be included in the training of all anaesthetists, an inquest heard today.

THE cost of building a new home is three times cheaper in Britain than in Ireland, a conference was told yesterday.

DERRY County Board are expected to mandate against any change in Rule 42 when their delegates meet tonight.

UP to 250,000 new homes may not be energy efficient because the Government has delayed enforcing EU regulations to protect the concrete industry, it was claimed yesterday.