Holly Cairns of the Social Democrats was elected on the eighth count.

Tullow Oil’s acting chief has said the company is open to takeover offers in light of its shares plummeting by nearly 72% on it cutting its production outlook, suspending dividend payments, and parting company with its CEO and exploration director.

Danone, already struggling with falling yoghurt sales as consumers shift to vegan alternatives, is getting hit by a decline in its bottled-water business.

Ireland has 99 species of bees but one third of them are currently threatened with extinction due to a reduction in food sources (wildflowers) and safe nesting sites.

Citizens Information had more than 13 million users last year with 'Irish citizenship through birth or descent' the most visited document.

Fianna Fail party leader, Micheál Martin, has accused An Post of making a strategic mistake following their decision to close the Little Island Mail Centre in Co Cork with the loss of 216 jobs.

Other sorting centres to remain open as An Post cites €11m saving

Latest: It took two recounts and four days but Holly McKeever Cairns has secured the final seat in Bantry West Cork LEA amid high drama on the 16th floor of Cork County Hall.

A black American tenant who was called ‘a black b***h and a ‘black c**t’ by a landlord’s son has been awarded €12,000.

A public health emergency has been declared to combat the spread of a potentially lethal superbug detected in 306 patients to the end of September.

Norwegian Air has said it is recruiting pilots to be based in Dublin in order to “support its transatlantic operations as well as future growth in Ireland”.

A woman "slapped" the back of a police car shortly before an Australian woman was shot dead by an officer, according to a search warrant.

Cork County Council has been urged to use helicopters or drones to video offenders responsible for causing devastating wildfires in West Cork which have cost the local authority more than €1m to tackle since 2013.

DC has had a far rockier start to its cinematic universe compared to Marvel, both commercially and critically.

Betty Purcell (Irish Examiner, November 2) makes some grossly inaccurate accusations against Israel and calls for a boycott against the Jewish State.

As a police officer you know the next life or death situation my be just around the corner and Ohio state trooper Eric Devers gave an exhibition on how to deal with one effectively after finding a crashed truck on a highway.

A few numbers are enough to refute the propaganda which Zoe Lawlor (Letters, July 29) repeats without a nod towards the facts.

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The parents of an Irish American US Navy Seal who was killed in action in Afghanistan a decade ago, and whose story inspired a Hollywood movie, have expressed delight at an Irish group’s decision to honour his memory.

Thousands of New York city police officers again turned their backs on Mayor Bill de Blasio as he spoke at the funeral for an officer shot dead with his partner.

The British Government has defended its Ebola screening programme as it has revealed the British nurse now battling the virus was checked seven times at Heathrow Airport.

Two fire men are to be recommended for special bravery medals after risking their lives to save a man who jumped into a raging river last night.

US president Barack Obama has appealed for calm as enraged protesters set fire to buildings and cars and looted businesses after a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer over the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

Ryanair has warned against any “irrational exuberance” regarding its medium-term prospects, despite it upping its own full-year profit guidance for the second time in as many quarters, yesterday, and seeing its share price jump by over 10% on the back of a strong set of first half results.

One pilot has died and another has suffered “major injury” after Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo crashed during a test flight, Californian authorities said.

"Go home" daubed the vandals in red paint on the walls of Cold Lake mosque. "You are home" wrote the residents who came together to clean it up.

Lego has overtaken Barbie doll-maker Mattel as the world’s best-selling toy firm after sales were boosted by products linked to the Lego Movie.

The terms of reference for the inquiry must be as wide as possible, writes Conall Ó Fátharta.

The Irish Army showed off its hi-tech fighting capability for the first time yesterday, using a battery of new equipment which gives it live battlefield views.

A man and a woman ambushed and murdered two police officers lunching at a Las Vegas restaurant at point-blank range before fleeing to a store where they killed a third person, then themselves, in an apparent suicide pact.

The families of four babies who died in one hospital in similar circumstances over several years suffered poor and appalling treatment by health chiefs.

Shares in mining firm Kenmare Resources shot up by over 6% yesterday on the back of the company completing the refinancing of an overhanging debt mountain of $160m (€117m), originally due for repayment next year.

A Spaniard with over €100,000 in business debts resorted to swallowing 157 capsules of cannabis before flying into Cork but a customs sniffer dog detected the drug smuggling.

Defender Kieran Gibbs believes Arsenal’s club-record signing of Germany playmaker Mesut Ozil can take the club to another level.

It is D-Day for Leaving Cert students who want to change their mind about their CAO forms.