An application by KBC bank for a High Court injunction requiring the family at the centre of the Co Roscommon eviction controversy to leave their home will be heard in October.

An application by KBC Bank for a High Court injunction requiring the family at the centre of the Co Roscommon eviction controversy to leave their home is unlikely to be heard before the end of the current legal term.

A 21-year-old man who sexually assaulted an extremely vulnerable 14-year-old girl after sending her explicit messages and images on Facebook has been jailed.

KBC bank wants its application for a High Court injunction requiring the family at the centre of the Co Roscommon eviction controversy to leave their home, heard as soon as possible.

An extremely vulnerable 14-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by a man following two weeks of sending her sexual messages and images by Facebook.

A record number of 804,000 women were employed in the workforce in 2018, up over 5% in less than ten years.

In Cork two rugby nurseries, a mere 2km apart, Schools Cup legends linger long in the memory.

Composure under pressure proved decisive as Midleton CBS secured a first Munster crown in 13 years at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday afternoon.

The chairman of Irish-Swiss foods firm Aryzta has said he is unsure he would have taken on the job if he had realised the challenges facing the troubled business.

Calls on social media for violent attacks on the bailiffs in the Roscommon eviction incident are akin to “incitement of hatred” and “unacceptable”, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said.

Shares in Cuisine de France owner Aryzta plunged by nearly 17% — wiping around €120m off the company’s value — after its AGM saw investors narrowly approve the food group’s funding plans and give only moderate backing to the company’s management.

The jury in the trial of David Drumm has heard that Anglo Irish Bank's audit committee was an independent watchdog tasked with overseeing management's activities.

A former Munster rugby star, who got drunk and obstructed gardaí in Dublin after running from a taxi without paying the fare, has been spared a conviction and a sentence.

A new film explores the Cork v Dublin rivalry in roller derby, and also delves into the lives of the women who play the sport, writes Don O’Mahony.

A student from Limerick has told how she witnessed the shocking events in Nice.

Paddy Power-Betfair chairman Gary McGann yesterday defended the betting services group’s remuneration policy as “fair, transparent, and balanced” despite nearly a third of investors voting against it at the group’s first AGM as a merged entity.

Executive pay levels at Smurfit Kappa Group declined by nearly 39% last year, amid a shake-up of the group’s management.

Wexford 3-18 Meath 2-7: Ian Byrne top-scored with 1-7 as Wexford brushed aside the challenge of the hosts in the Walsh Cup at Páirc Tailteann.

Moone Boy star David Rawle has a new favourite book. It has a girly cover and it’s not what he’d usually buy.

Former Anglo Irish directors have contradicted bank inquiry evidence given by Taoiseach Enda Kenny and his predecessor, Brian Cowen, about two key events in the lead-up to the economic crash.

Paper and packaging giant, Smurfit Kappa has announced a 30% increase in its first half dividend for shareholders to 20c per share; bringing the full-year 2015 payment to 60c per share.

Margo McGann, of the ASTI, said the higher level Leaving Cert business exam was fair but really tested knowledge, so only the most dedicated and focused students would have earned top grades.

Packaging group Smurfit Kappa has appointed Tony Smurfit as chief executive-designate to take over in August when Gary McGann retires after 13 years as CEO.

Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) cut its executive pay levels by nearly 3% last year, with chief executive Gary McGann seeing a near 7% reduction.

IT wasn’t a funereal atmosphere on the ferry on Sunday, but it was sad and solemn. 

Sunita’s Baby Sister by Nicola Call (Bloomsbury; €6.30). The byline to this oh so useful book could be ‘Jealousy’. 

Leaving Certificate students got down to business in the morning and needed some quite specific knowledge on many of the questions.

A new banking service could be provided through an alliance between An Post and credit unions.

Paper and packaging giant Smurfit Kappa Group has reported an 81% annualised increase in first-quarter profits, with earnings considerably boosted by a strong underlying performance from its operations in the Americas.

Three former directors of Anglo Irish Bank have given evidence that they instructed the bank’s CEO to immediately inform the financial regulator that Sean Quinn controlled 25% of their shares.

Government inaction could lead to the closure of hundreds of post offices in the coming years, it has been claimed.

If the Government moves to electronic payments as part of its eCommerce strategy, it could close large swathes of the country’s post offices, according to a new report.

Shares in paper and packaging giant Smurfit Kappa Group rose over 1% yesterday on the back of a strong set of third quarter figures and indications of improvements in the European market, which still makes up the vast majority of group revenue.

Smurfit Kappa Group has estimated that annual revenue contribution from its markets outside of Western Europe will nearly double over the next two years.

Tyrone 1-12 Roscommon 0-13

Castlelyons 0-13 Newcestown 0-11

Tyrone 1-12 Roscommon 0-13

Two Irishmen have been named as some of the British government’s most wanted tax dodgers and are now believed to be on the run here.

Postmasters have asked ComReg to intervene to protect phone customers’ ability to receive paper bills.