Dublin 1-28 Galway 1-19: It wasn’t exactly revenge for 2015 but victory at Parnell Park to secure a Walsh Cup final place at Croke Park must have been sweet for Dublin.

Plot owners at one of the country’s most contentious bogs are close to a deal to end their row with the Government.

42 years after he was jailed for killing civil servant Una Lynskey the Court of Criminal Appeal has found Martin Conmey's manslaughter conviction was a miscarriage of justice.

Anglo Irish Bank executives told a select group of clients they had legal advice and regulator support for loans for a shares deal in the bank, a court has been told.

One of 10 investors who bought shares in Anglo Irish Bank with loans from the lender was told executives had legal advice for the deal, a court has heard.

A jury has been sworn in for the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Seán FitzPatrick and former executives Pat Whelan and William McAteer.

Nama is preparing to sell about €300m of property loans as demand from overseas buyers rises, three people with knowledge of the plan said.

Majella O’Donnell is being treated for breast cancer and her singer husband has asked for fans’ prayers — but not cards or letters.

The cash pile at Daniel O’Donnell’s main firm almost doubled last year to top €1m.

Ex-Anglo chairman Seán FitzPatrick and two former colleagues have been sent forward for trial for providing “unlawful financial assistance” to 16 individuals.

Entertainer Daniel O’Donnell is singing all the way to the bank as accounts show the singer’s main firm has almost doubled its accumulated profits to €4.9m in the past three years.

Former Anglo Irish Bank chairman and chief executive Sean FitzPatrick is to go on trial accused of unlawfully helping to back a group of investors – including members of Sean Quinn's family – to buy shares in the financial institution in 2008.

Two former senior executives of Anglo Irish Bank are to face criminal prosecution later this year after becoming the first individuals to be charged in the long-running investigation into financial irregularities at the zombie bank.

The “Maple 10” were the most talked about secret club in Ireland.

One of the top bankers in the former rogue lender Anglo Irish Bank has been charged in Ireland with a string of fraud offences.

A former “murder squad” member told the Court of Criminal Appeal today that “no violence whatsoever” was “ever” used against a Meath man, by gardaí investigating the disappearance of Una Lynskey almost 40 years ago.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has fixed a further three days for the hearing of an application brought by a Meath man who is seeking to overturn his 40-year-old conviction for manslaughter.

A key witness in the State’s case against Martin Conmey for the killing of a teenager almost 40 years ago claims he was assaulted and interrogated by investigating gardaí who “put words” in his mouth.

MORE than 6,000 farmers took part in Monday’s IFA nationwide tractor protest in 29 towns, to highlight government cuts and collapsing farm incomes.

He’s back and raring to go! The Examiner’s football correspondent Liam Mackey is kicking off the 2006-2007 season with fire in his belly and a new pair of shinpads.

AS expected, Athenry full-back Diarmuid Cloonan - younger brother of team captain Eugene - has been ruled out for the All-Ireland club hurling final with James Stephens in Croke Park on St Patrick’s Day.

THE Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment rejected claims yesterday that a Task Force launched by Tánaiste Mary Harney for Donegal in 1999 had been shelved, claiming more than 1,000 jobs had been created since it was set up.

CLOTHING company Fruit of the Loom is to shut its two Irish factories with the loss of 650 jobs.

Fans of country singer Daniel O’Donnell today began gathering to catch a glimpse of the star’s wedding.