White HSBC has ousted John Flint as chief executive after just 18 months. Mark Tucker, the chairman of Europe’s biggest bank, said this was needed to hasten progress on priority areas, such as the turnaround of its US business.

It’s nearly 60 years since the polio epidemic struck fear into the heart of middle Ireland. It’s still not over, says Aileen Lee, for the hundreds of sufferers still affected by the disease

GARDAÍ investigating the death of a publican in a “burglary gone wrong” are hopeful they will glean clues about the killers from a forensic examination of the scene.

A massive manhunt was launched tonight after a popular publican died when he was tied up during a violent robbery.