Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been signed up to help mould future television greats in the first TV comedy course of its kind.

Checkout staff at Tesco have seen their annual shares bonus pot halved after the supermarket giant slumped to its first annual profits fall in nearly 20 years.

Tesco was facing fresh scrutiny today after a leading shareholder said quitting America would help it get its UK operation back on track.

TESCO saw sales drop 3.4% at its Irish stores to €1.5 billion in the first half of the year as customers spent less on non-food items.

The rising cost of petrol is forcing consumers to cut back on supermarket spending, Tesco said today, as the UK’s biggest grocer reported a muted UK performance.

A STRONG performance at Tesco’s Irish outlets has pushed the company’s like-for-like in Europe into positive territory.

Two Dublin football fans are spending the whole day today sitting on a couch in the middle of the Stillorgan dual carriageway watching videos of the Dublin team.