Former Irish internationals Stephen and Noel Hunt are amongst five players who will have to wait to discover whether they have a future at Ipswich Town.

When Ipswich Town fan Ross Morgan Tweeted a picture of a fist-sized hole he punched in the ceiling celebrating his side’s goal against Norwich City on Saturday it struck a chord with the scorer Paul Anderson.

Enda Kenny says the Marriage Equality Referendum has nothing to do with children or religion, a Maynooth student develops an app which rates business’ wheelchair accessibility, Nigel Farage has his resignation as leader of UKIP rejected and remains as leader and Barcelona and Messi signal they mean business. Catch up with this evening’s top and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy believes his side have every chance of getting to Wembley after holding local rivals Norwich to a 1-1 draw in the home leg of their Championship play-off semi-final on Saturday.

The Republic’s first giant screen OmniplexMAXX format cinema is to be sited at Mahon Point in Cork.

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The parties involved in a dispute affecting the Dublin Cinema Group have agreed to enter into mediation.

A High Court judge has urged mediation of an “extraordinarily bitter” dispute affecting the Dublin Cinema Group, operator of the Savoy and Screen cinemas in the capital.

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“You gotta act like a criminal to catch one,” growls Flying Squad hard man DI Jack Regan (Ray Winstone) as he apprehends a gang of armed robbers with old-fashioned brutality in Nick Love’s revamp of the classic 1970s TV series starring John Thaw and Dennis Waterman.

A hiker photographed an Alaska grizzly for at least eight minutes before the bear mauled and killed him.

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UK Police officers have bought 10,000 sweets to hand out to students to remind them to keep the noise down when returning home from a night out.

IN THE four years since he last set sail in the realm of big-budget filmmaking, voyaging with the Pirates of the Caribbean to World’s End in 2007, Orlando Bloom has been adrift on quiet waters.

QPR manager Neil Warnock is in bullish mood ahead of the Football Association hearing which could wreck his side’s promotion party.

QPR’s seemingly unstoppable march towards promotion from the npower Championship continued as they posted a workmanlike 1-0 win over Doncaster at the Keepmoat Stadium.

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Ipswich 0 Nottingham Forest 1

Heartthrob Orlando Bloom said today that he was “really excited” at the prospect of becoming a father after it was officially revealed his new wife Miranda Kerr is expecting their first child.

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The Football Association today charged Bolton striker Kevin Davies, Crystal Palace manager Neil Warnock and Sheffield United boss Kevin Blackwell with improper conduct.

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SUBSTITUTE Marlon Harewood’s first Newcastle goal rescued a point for the Coca-Cola Championship leaders after QPR threatened to dent their promotion charge.

It’s time, surely, to blow the whistle on the endless stream of mindless films about football hooligans, time to show the red card to anybody with a story of terrace yobs.

Milla Jovovich has got married, it has been revealed.

LIVERPOOL’S American owners are believed to be refusing to release funds for boss Rafael Benitez to buy a centre-back to ease the club’s injury problems before the transfer window shuts.

Liverpool’s American owners are believed to be refusing to release funds for boss Rafael Benitez to buy a centre-back to ease the club’s injury problems before the transfer window shuts.

XABI ALONSO’S Liverpool career appeared to be coming towards an end as he arrived for training yesterday.

Xabi Alonso’s departure from Liverpool has moved a giant step forward with claims that he has today submitted a transfer request.

LIVERPOOL striker Fernando Torres has credited manager Rafael Benitez for helping him become a better player during his two seasons in England.

BP’s two-year hunt to fill one of Britain’s most prestigious corporate jobs ended today with the appointment of Carl-Henric Svanberg as chairman.

The awful thing about this film is that it’s everything we hate about films – sexist, mindless, violent, virtually plotless – and exactly the sort of film the lads will thoroughly enjoy.

Liverpool reserve Paul Anderson has signed a new contract which extends his deal at the club until 2011.

Liverpool are on the brink of completing the £7m signing of Italian full-back Andrea Dossena.

Everton are believed to be the third club who have had an offer accepted for talented Welsh youngster Aaron Ramsey and been given permission to speak to the player.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reduced by 12 months the four-year prison sentenced imposed on a Dublin man who falsely accusing a priest of child sexual abuse.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed an appeal brought by a Dublin man against his conviction for falsely accusing a priest of child sexual abuse.

A priest who was falsely accused of rape pleaded for leniency for the Dublin city man who claimed he had abused him as a child.

A Dublin man accused of attempting to murder a Jordanian man by shooting him in the head at a Leisureplex in Dublin's Blanchardstown, told gardai he was with his girlfriend on the night of the attack at the Central Criminal Court today/ Thursday.

RAFAEL BENITEZ has told Liverpool they must be prepared to spend big on young players to have any chance of catching up with Arsene Wenger’s 10-year squad-building programme.

RICHARD McMANUS is one of the lucky ones. In fact, as he says himself, "I couldn't be luckier."

Rafael Benitez spoke tonight of his anticipation of an exciting future for Liverpool on the day it was confirmed they in talks over a possible £450m (€668m) takeover.

LIVERPOOL’S youngsters are expected to step aside tonight as Rafael Benitez’s outfit play their final warm-up game before the Champions League gets under way.