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Up to €5m of Ian Bailey’s legal costs may go unpaid; A German media outlet fell for a satirical report from Waterford Whispers News; and Michael ‘Babs’ Keating says voting yes is about ensuring fair play for all our children. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

Meet Merlin — the ideal pet as long as you do not mind the noise. 

It will be desperately sad should much publicised weight problems prevent Joseph O’Brien from resuming his career at the top level of flat racing.

Micah Richards has watched over half a billion pounds’ worth of signings come through the doors at Manchester City, and the defender believes none of them compare to David Silva.

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Daniel Coyle hammered home his dominance of the HSI/Blue Grass Spring Tour at Mullingar on Saturday when notching up his fifth win of the series.

World champion Ronnie O'Sullivan has joined a new management company just days after putting his snooker playing career on hold.

This week confirmed something that has been nagging one for a while — it is actually easier to show a profit at Cheltenham than Galway.

Arsenal striker Robin van Persie will be the clear favourite after being named among the nominees for PFA Players’ Player of the Year award today.

Mick McCarthy famously claimed he was not Merlin the Magician on the day of his appointment but will surely need to display incredible levels of escapology to avoid becoming the latest Premier League managerial casualty.

Bryan Ferry has married for a second time.

SIX senior AIB executives conspired to undermine and damage the bank’s international financial services section for their own gain, the High Court has heard.

Booker prize nominee Sebastian Barry tells Caroline O’Doherty how grateful he is that the protagonist told her story and guided him as he wrote it down.

“LIFE ain’t easy for a boy named Sue” sang Johnny Cash. Well, imagine what it’s like for a boy named Timotei.

IT’S almost as drearily predictable as Daniel ‘one tattoo per injury’ Agger clocking off early.

The World is going record breaking crazy today, in aid of Guinness World Records Day.

IF Aidan O’Brien can get St Nicholas Abbey to win the Epsom Derby on June 4 then he can surely be mentioned in the same breath as Merlin - and we all know what his profession was.

SUNDAY WORLD crime editor Paul Williams was among a number of journalists, newspaper editors and media organisations fined €60,000, plus legal costs, by a High Court judge.

KING Arthur’s legendary wizard Merlin hailed from Glasgow, a new book claims.

THERE are just so many opportunities to become a celebrity these days — and TG4 is raising the stakes even further by offering a trip to Las Vegas where the lucky winner can perform in front of entertainment industry giants.

NEW Wolves manager Mick McCarthy is looking to bring in tried and tested players to compliment his largely inexperienced squad at Molineux.

New Wolves manager Mick McCarthy is looking to bring in tried and tested players to compliment his largely inexperienced squad at Molineux.

A French court today handed an eight-month suspended jail sentence to a volunteer firefighter, and a £100,000 (€147,500) fine to an apartment operator, following the death of an eight-year-old Scottish boy killed when he fell down a lift shaft.

David Nicholls is responsible for five of the 28 runners in the Vodafone Stewards’ Cup and the Thirsk trainer elected to go for high numbers at today’s draw ceremony for the big handicap at Glorious Goodwood on Saturday.

Once again we are gathered around the Round Table for another telling of the story - or legend, since there is one school of thought which insists the Good King,

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Newcastle have gone out of the UEFA Cup 2-0 on aggregate after losing their semi-final second-leg to Marseille in France.

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Coach Bernard Laporte will take his shell-shocked Six Nations team to Twickenham next month, admitting France have "blown" their chance of winning the championship.