Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Last week the world mourned rugby legend Jonah Lomu.

Live music: The Eagles

Athlone-based Living Shamrock uses innovative hydro gel to keep the product fresh for longer, social media to reach new customers, and new products to boost sales, writes Trish Dromey

Celtic manager Neil Lennon has admitted that threats against his safety led him to think about giving it all up.

BARRIE TRAINOR’S good form has closed the gap on Irish PGA Order of Merit leader David Higgins as the Lexus Race to Mount Juliet, in association with Ping, continues.

A DOUBLE eagle blast on the back nine shot Barrie Trainor to the top of the leaderboard at Malahide in the north Dublin club’s annual pro-am tournament.

A CONGREGATION of around 400 attended the funeral yesterday of Millie Martin, the Fermanagh toddler murdered last week.

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COURSE designer Robert Trent Jones once described the 18th hole at Adare as “the finest par five in the world” and it certainly lived up to its billing during yesterday’s first round of the Irish Open at Adare.

AS Paul McGinley and co play for the £1 million first prize in the HSBC World Match Play Championship at Wentworth, other matters are taxing the minds of hundreds of hopefuls all over Europe.

TWO people were arrested yesterday in connection with an armed robbery in which a family were held captive.

THE DONALD Steel-designed Lackabane course at Killarney hosts the first European Challenge Tour event in the Republic of Ireland over the next four days with the arrival of the Ireland Ryder Cup Challenge.

IMPORTED fish, including species landed in the Pacific, are flooding markets in west Cork, home to two major fishing co-ops in Castletownbere and Union Hall.

Laois athlete Garrett Culliton ended his Paralympic challenge tonight by throwing his second personal best in the space of 24 hours.

MASSEREENE assistant Neil Graham showed a clean pair of heels to many of the seasoned professionals as he topped the leaderboard after the first qualifying round for the PGA Irish Region Championship at St Margaret's.

ONEOFTHESIMPSONS, who had Runfar behind him in third place when second to Its The Boss in the Barbeque Handicap Chase at Tipperary a week ago, can confirm the placings in the Ballinrobe Tool Hire Handicap Chase at the Mayo venue this evening.

Emmerdale is axing two families in a new cast clear-out.

There are three changes in both the mens and womens Ulster teams for the Inter-provincial championships next month.