The team behind a new app that delivers promotions from local retailers directly to the phones of customers tell Pádraig Hoare why they believe their platform could one day be as successful as Uber.

Pressure has been placed on the Government to establish an independent task force to tackle the root causes of spiraling motor insurance premiums, writes Elaine Loughlin of the Irish Examiner.

Talks between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are to resume this afternoon to explore how a minority Government would work, writes Daniel McConnell of the Irish Examiner.

Gardaí are set to investigate the high-profile leaking of detailed bank inquiry evidence from former Department of Finance secretary general Kevin Cardiff in a move which could potentially see the person responsible fined €500,000 or jailed for a maximum of five years.

The Taoiseach must come clean on why he sent a senior civil servant to do his "dirty work" and effectively give former garda commissioner Martin Callinan his P45, opposition TDs have insisted.

AIB announced the end to free banking in Ireland two years ago, changing the banking landscape and breaking the idea of Irish people being married to their bank.

The Department of Finance and agencies under its control have spent more than €100m on consultants over the last three years.

Fianna Fáil has moved to quell internal rumblings after party leader Micheál Martin’s parliamentary assistant was unveiled as a local election candidate.

Subprime lenders only account for 3% of mortgage lending but they have been responsible for up to a quarter of all home repossessions, according to figures released by the Central Bank.

The two public interestdirectors in Permanent TSB have announced that they will not be seeking re-election to the board.

Nearly 7,000 mortgage holders lost their mortgage interest relief after failing to make payments on their homes last year.

The Finance Minister has accused the opposition of engaging in "bluff" by suggesting a property tax is not needed in December's budget.

Up to 12,000 AIB customers may have been given a poor credit rating because the bank over-reported the level of missed payments.

Galway West TD EamonÓ Cuív has been re-instated to the Fianna Fáil frontbench following his resignation last March over his stance on the fiscal compact referendum.

TDs pored over and passed around the glossy fold-out maps of the redrawn boundaries like pre-internet era schoolboys used to do with soft porn pictures as they pointed excitedly at the enticing and exotic curves of the new constituencies.

Finance Minister Micheal Noonan said that he was satisfied with the levels of accountability in Nama after coming under pressure to change the rules governing how the agency disposes of property under its control.

Struggling families in danger of being dragged under by the debt crisis have been warned they may not get extra help this year.

Ministers are under attack for allowing retired teachers to receive a “double whammy” payment by being rehired after they take a lucrative pension.

MORE than €7 million in state funding is to be withheld from universities due to “unlawful” payments to senior academics.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen is on the cusp of defeating the Fianna Fáil rebellion after backbenchers lined up to show loyalty to their leader.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen defended the €1 million golden handshake for former Fás boss Rody Molloy last night as two senior ministers squabbled over who was responsible for sanctioning the deal.

Micheál Martin and Micheál McGrath have secured two more seats for Fianna Fáil in Cork South Central.