DUBLIN football fans turned out in their tens of thousands in Merrion Square on Monday night to welcome their All-Ireland heroes and the President of the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI), Pat Hickey, is hoping for a repeat crowd to celebrate the arrival of the Olympic Torch Relay on June 6 next year.

FIRST it was Finance Minister Brian lashing out at RTÉ Radio’s Joe Duffy for allowing callers to discuss the possibility of the banks collapsing.

The outgoing deputy leader of the SDLP, Seamus Mallon, has attacked Sinn Fein and the DUP at his party’s annual conference today.