The Irish Examiner has announced the creation of a Munster Business Hub, to enhance its coverage of the issues that matter to the business community.

Peace has broken out at all Dawn Meats factories affected by the beef price blockade after the High Court heard today that permanent orders restraining trespass and intimidation could be made with the consent of named protesters who had taken part in disruptive nation-wide protests.

The Irish Examiner’s media group has made two key appointments as part of its drive to develop new and exciting content for its print and online readers.

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As Autumn storms herald the end of the main Sailing season, twin annual showdowns between various strands of the sport in Ireland are set to take place in Dun Laoghaire and Lough Ree over the next two weekends.

GAA president Liam O’Neill has suggested he would not be uncomfortable with match officials referring to replays on a giant TV screen when making major calls — so long as the decision reached proved to be correct.

The official in charge of replays on Croke Park’s big screens has admitted he only re-showed Eoghan O’Gara’s point for Dublin on Sunday because he believed it was a wide.

A consultant gynaecologist who failed to declare his income from his work with private patients and income from houses he was renting out was yesterday fined €30,000 for revenue offences.

AROUND this time every year it’s difficult to escape the various sporting lists of ‘ones to watch’ for the next 12 months.

Two thirds of businesses have hit employees with pay cuts averaging 13%, a company survey has revealed.

COSTCUTTING measures are coming to an end as a survey reveals that two out of three businesses have already cut pay by an average of 13%.

BUSINESSES have reacted well to the Budget, a survey has found.

DURING the course of the Lisbon Treaty campaign members of the public have been subjected to claim and counter-claim.

ANYONE from Dublin and of a superstitious nature should look away now.

A man was remanded in custody today charged with the murder of a man found dead in the boot of a crashed car.

A 24-YEAR-OLD Dubliner has appeared in court on a drugs charge related to events surrounding the death of model Katy French in 2007.

Contenders for the title of ISA All Ireland Sailing Champion are coming to the fore with six sailors securing their place in Sunday’s final: Athens Olympian Gerard Owens, Maurice O’Connell, David Crosbie, Tom Fitzpatrick, Neil Hegarty and Simon Brien

1995 All-Ireland winner Jim Gavin has been given the nod to manage the Dublin Under-21 footballers next season.

A YOUNG Dublin man arrested following the shooting dead of a teenager in Co Meath told arresting gardaí he didn’t mean for anyone to get shot.

A MAN has appeared in court in connection with a fatal stabbing following a row on Dublin’s southside in the early hours of last Saturday morning.

Former Government minister and Ceann Comhairle Tom Fitzpatrick has died aged 88 years, it was announced today.

NINE prisoners who were granted temporary release from prison for Christmas have still not returned to complete their sentences.

A Somalian man who knocked an elderly woman off her bike in Dublin wanted it to get a job as a bike courier, a court has heard.

A 36-year-old man was today charged in connection with the seizure of cannabis worth €10m.

Brendan Larkin LIMERICK bid to reach their first All-Ireland MHC final at Croke Park in 40 years when they play Dublin in this afternoon’s semi-final at Nowlan Park (12.30pm)

Dublin 0-17 Wexford 0-12

Ireland’s top sailors will be honoured at the presentation of the 2004 Cork Dry Gin Sailor of the Year Award at the Dublin International Boat Show on Thursday, February 24.

OLYMPIC 49er sailor Tom Fitzpatrick (Howth YC) set an Irish record when he won the Allianz Irish Helmsmans’ title in a blistering five race final at Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club on Belfast Lough yesterday.

Star sailing class duo Mark Mansfield and Killian Collins secured another top-10 finish in Athens today but could not improve their overall position.

Irish sailors Fraser Brown and Tom Fitzpatrick have provisionally finished 16th in 49er class at the Olympic Games in Athens.

Star sailing class duo Mark Mansfield and Killian Collins will be looking to build on yesterday’s top-10 finish when the action gets underway this afternoon.

Ireland’s sailors made little or no impact around the Saronic Gulf today, as Howth duo Tom Fitzpatrick and Fraser Brown remained 16th overall in the 49er fleet and Sydney veterans Mark Mansfield and Killian Collins tailed off again in the Star, finishing 15th to stay in last place.

The fickle ways of the seasonal Meltemi winds failed to favour Royal Cork duo Mark Mansfield and Killian Collins this afternoon, as a 13th place finish in race 5 saw them down to last overall in the Star fleet.

49er pairing Tom Fitzpatrick and Fraser Brown picked up a second place finish on a day of delays but improved conditions for Ireland’s sailors on the Saronic gulf.

Heike Holstein, who was one of the first out riding Welt Adel in the individual dressage, scored 59.750. The competition finishes this evening.

After four races in the 49er class, Irish sailors Tom Fitzpatrick and Fraser Brown are in 11th place.

Ireland's David Burrows registered an impressive third-place finish in race four of the Finn class yesterday and will be looking to build on that when the action gets underway today.

THE offshore winds continue to frustrate and confound many of the Irish team at the pre-Olympic Regatta on the Saronic Gulf off Athens yesterday, although operator error continues to play a large part.

A fleet of national winners and Olympic athletes will gather in Dun Laoghaire in early October to decide Ireland's best sailor for 2002 in the Allianz ISA Helmsman Championship.

AN IRISH yacht is set to compete for one of sailing's most prestigious prizes later this month in America.