An inmate at Mountjoy Prison resorted to swallowing batteries in a protest to get medical attention, an inquest heard.

The 100 jobs announced yesterday by contact lens maker Vistakon at its plant in Limerick will go to college graduates at the high end of the pay scale, the company said.

UNICEF Ireland have announced the appointment of Munster and Ireland rugby star Donncha O’Callaghan to their board.

A former executive of Independent News and Media has launched a High Court action against the group claiming its biggest shareholder, Denis O’Brien, was behind the decision to oust him from his €300,000 job.

A High Court action by a non-executive director of Independent News and Media (INM) over a €1.87m exit payment to the company’s former CEO, Gavin O’Reilly, has been settled.

Independent News & Media (INM) is seeking legal advice to determine whether it can co-opt new members to its depleted board, without having to wait several weeks to hold a shareholder vote.

The growing power shift at Independent News & Media took a firm hold yesterday with prominent directors — chairman James Osborne and chief financial officer Donal Buggy — being voted off the board at the group’s AGM.

The board of Independent News and Media (INM) was within its legal rights to make a €1.87m payment to Gavin O’Reilly to secure his agreement to stand down as chief executive, the Commercial Court was told yesterday.

The chairman of the board of Independent News and Media has been voted off at todays AGM in Citywest in Dublin.

A non-executive director of Independent News and Media said yesterday he stands by claims that a €1.87m departure payment to the company’s former chief executive Gavin O’Reilly was done with “undue haste”.

An executive with Independent News and Media plc claims the company’s major shareholder, Denis O’Brien, was behind an allegedly unlawful attempt to oust him.

Telecoms billionaire Denis O’Brien has upped his shareholding in Independent News & Media (INM) to 29.9%, placing him on the cusp of outright control of the business.

Denis O’Brien has acquired another 5% of Independent News & Media (INM) — increasing his shareholding in the company to around 27%.

A legal challenge to a €1.87m payment to former Independent News & Media chief executive Gavin O’Reilly on his departure two weeks ago is “unfounded”, lawyers for the company told the Commercial Court yesterday.

The ousting of Gavin O’Reilly from INM initially appeared to be quite a coup for board chairman James Osborne, but it now seems the legal battles are only beginning, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

The boardroom in-fighting at Independent News and Media (INM) has taken an amazing twist with rebel board member Paul Connolly refusing to comply with a demand from chairman James Osborne to resign.

Telecoms and publishing billionaire Denis O’Brien wants to stop an “unduly generous” €1.87m severance payment being made to the man he ousted from the post of chief executive of Independent News and Media (INM) — Gavin O’Reilly.

A payment of €1.87m made with “indecent haste” to former Irish News & Media chief executive Gavin O’Reilly on his stepping down last week was unlawful and also unjustified where he presided over “a period of destruction” of the company’s share value, a non-executive director of the company has alleged.

Denis O’Brien’s representatives on the board of Independent News & Media are understood to be reviewing the issue of Gavin O’Reilly’s severance package from the group.

A Cork teenager has been asked to address the United Nations on the issue of women, technology and disability next week.

Southampton boss Nigel Adkins chose to see his side’s 3-0 weekend defeat at Blackpool as a mere blip as they continue their hunt for promotion.

ONE-in-six civil marriages in Ireland are believed to be fake, according to a new documentary.

EXECUTIVES at Independent News and Media (IN&M) have thrown down the gauntlet to the company’s biggest shareholder — telecoms billionaire Denis O’Brien — to make a bid for the company “if he wants to control it”.

Adele has been named the most powerful person in the British music industry.

REVENUES at Independent News & Media (INM) have fallen over 5% since the turn of the year, on a constant currency basis.

DE LA SALLE goalkeeper Sean Whitty was the shoot-out hero in Arklow yesterday as he saved a sudden death spot-kick before scoring one of his own to secure his school a place in the FAI’s Tony O’Neill Senior Cup final on March 22.

FISHERIES Minister Sean Connick has denied Ireland ignores the scientific evidence in favour of increasing fish stocks available to the Irish fleet.

Dublin: The three Denis O’Brien representatives on the board of Independent News & Media (INM) — Lucy Gaffney, Paul Connolly and Leslie Buckley — have each bought their first shares in the media group.

INDEPENDENT News & Media (INM) chief executive Gavin O’Reilly has hinted that a number of board changes may happen in the not-too-distant future, in the wake of the group finally concluding the terms of its financial restructuring project.

MORE than 200 people became ill in France after eating contaminated mussels exported by a West Cork seafood company, a court heard yesterday.

INDEPENDENT News & Media (INM) chief executive Gavin O’Reilly has reiterated his confidence that the group can finally complete its financial restructuring in the next month and a further deadline extension to talks with bondholders will not be needed.

TELECOM billionaire Denis O’Brien will try to unseat the chairman of Independent News & Media at a showdown general meeting of the company’s shareholders on November 3.

Independent News & Media (INM) has today convened an extraordinary general meeting for 11am on November 3.

THE chances of Independent News & Media (INM) reaching a successful outcome in talks over its €200 million bond by the May 21 repayment deadline are only “50-50”, according to high-profile shareholder Denis O’Brien.

PEACE has seemingly broken out between the leading shareholders in Independent News & Media (INM), with Denis O’Brien welcoming the prospect of Gavin O’Reilly becoming the new chief executive of the group and hailing yesterday’s wide-reaching board change proposals as “the beginning of a new era” at INM.

Anthony O'Reilly is to step down as CEO of Independent News and Media (INM), it was announced this morning.

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Paul Connolly and Jordan Stewart return from suspension as Derby take a 1-0 lead into the second leg of their Carling Cup semi-final against Manchester United tomorrow.

Derby midfielder Miles Addison has signed a new contract which will keep him at Pride Park until the summer of 2012.

A major supplier to the construction industry announced plans today to ignore the paralysis in the sector and make a £2m (€2.14m) investment in a new plant in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter.

THE Tom Foley-trained Dariak sprang a 16/1 shock in the Knockcroghery Hurdle at Roscommon last night.

Derby manager Paul Jewell is hoping to make Plymouth right-back Paul Connolly his second new signing as he reshapes his squad for the Coca-Cola Championship.

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