Calls have been made for Agriculture Minister Michael Creed to appear before an Oireachtas committee to address the detrimental implications of Britain’s withdrawal from the London Fisheries Convention.

A SMOKING-hot renovation job, under a seamed copper-clad roof, has been done to this Aglish, Farran, family home of distinction, and which has risen up from once-humble estate cottage roots.

Tommy Barker visits a charming city home that has just come on to the market on elevated Lover’s Walk.

Higher income earners will initially get enhanced social welfare payments if they lose their jobs, under plans being developed by Social Protection Minister Leo Varadkar.

It won’t be music to the ears of pop stars like Beyonce, One Direction, and Taylor Swift but Irish radio stations could soon be forced into ditching their latest singles for rarely heard indigenous Irish bands.

Labour’s Alan Kelly is piling pressure on his party to let him run for the leadership, with ordinary members now formally lobbying for an open contest for the position.

People who paid their water charges will feel “mugged” if they are not refunded, it was claimed yesterday.

A Labour TD says he is prepared to launch a legal challenge to ensure people who have paid their Irish Water bills are refunded.

An election at the beginning of the summer looks the most likely scenario as the two main parties circle each other with suspicion, writes Daniel McConnell

Labour has managed to secure its speaking rights in the new Dáil after party TD Willie Penrose retained his seat following a six-day count in Longford-Westmeath.

Labour’s Willie Penrose has taken the final seat after six days of counting in the Longford-Westmeath constituency.

Having fundamentally changed almost every aspect of modern life with their innovations over the decades, technologists are increasingly looking to the heavens for their next challenge, writes Peter O’Dwyer

People who apply for bankruptcy will be allowed take ownership or interest in their family home after three years, under new laws.

The Cabinet formally approved the one-year bankruptcy bill in a meeting over the phone yesterday.

The Government’s decision to reduce the term of bankruptcy from three years to one year has been hailed as “possibly the most important of its term in office”.

WOODHILL HOUSE, and its wooded grounds a couple of miles from Cork city at Tivoli, is steeped in Irish and local Munster mercantile, artistic and political history, over several centuries.

Tensions in the Coalition are mounting over disagreement between Fine Gael and Labour on whether the bankruptcy term should be reduced from three years to one to help debt-ridden families.

The Government has been urged to take “radical” steps to stem the flow of house repossessions, as thousands of families face up to the threat of losing their homes.

By understanding what bankruptcy is, and how it works, people can escape from an impossible debt burden and get on with their lives, says Ross Maguire

Bankruptcy periods could be cut back to 12 months in order to put pressure on lenders to cut deals on distressed mortgages, Tánaiste Joan Burton has signalled.

A girl who was “thrown around like a rag doll” by a Rottweiler, and suffered injuries to her arm which left her with significant scarring, has settled her High Court action for €150,000.

An off-duty garda has been praised by a judge for arming himself with a traffic cone and catching two robbers after witnessing a raid in a Dublin shop.

Tyrone legend Stephen O’Neill last night confirmed his retirement from inter-county football. Martin Penrose has also brought the curtain down on his career with the Red Hands.

Omagh/St Enda’s 1-10 Carrickmore 0-12

Carrickmore scraped past Augher to avoid a shock in the Hunky Dorys Tyrone SFC at Dunmoyle (0-10 to 0-8).

Following the recent unrest in Labour due to MEP Phil Prendergast’s criticism of Eamon Gilmore’s leadership, it has highlighted a common thread that explains the rise of independents.

Cork 2-14 Tyrone 0-20

Cork 2-14 Tyrone 0-20

A collection of Irish glass which has passed through five generations of the family who started the glass industry in Waterford 230 years ago is going up for auction next week.

An unemployed hairdresser who drove her car with her children in it while she she was under the influence of alcohol claimed she was terrified of her ex-partner and had to leave the house.

Clonoe 3-08 Carrickmore 0-12

Former junior minister Willie Penrose has applied to rejoin the Labour Parliamentary Party, 23 months after he resigned the whip over the closure of Mullingar barracks.

Classy Clonoe O’Rahilly’s despatched champions Errigal Ciarán with a thumping semi-final win at Dungannon yesterday.

The one-match suspension for Tyrone's Martin Penrose still stands after his request for an appeal hearing was not submitted within the specified period.

Defender Conor Gormley will be available to play for Tyrone in Sunday week's All-Ireland SFC semi-final against Mayo after having his one-match overturned tonight.