Nuala Woulfe explains why we’re living in an eighties bubble and it’s down to clever marketing preying on our nostalgia.

The ACT Brumbies have defied Australia coach Michael Cheika by naming David Pocock, Scott Sio and Allan Alaalatoa in their team for tomorrow’s Super Rugby match against the Sunwolves.

The Malaysian government has approved a new attempt to find the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the Indian Ocean.

Shares in Paddy Power-Betfair jumped by over 3% on the back of reports linking the Dublin-based betting and gaming services group with Australian online betting firm CrownBet, writes Geoff Percival.

Overwatch’s new map, the post-apocalyptic and definitely Mad Max influenced Junkertown, is now live and available to play on all platforms as part of the popular team-based shooter’s latest update.

Here's your morning news bulletin.

Taxi drivers might be required to adopt a formal dress code including a possible uniform under new proposals being considered by the National Transport Authority.

Police have confirmed that four people have died after an accident on a water ride at a theme park in Australia.

The head of an Australian inquiry into the abuse of children in detention resigned yesterday, four days after being appointed to investigate prison video of Aboriginal boys being abused, citing his lack of support from the country’s indigenous leaders.

An eagle tried to carry away a small child during a popular wildlife show in central Australia.

Trish Dromey talks to Barry Greene whose startup company has pioneered technology that can predict fall risks accurately.

A professional surfer suffered serious injuries when he was mauled by a shark off the Australian east coast.

France 21 England 31: George Ford insists England’s Grand Slam triumph is merely the beginning for a team blessed with “endless potential”.

“They’re all Irish players to me”, said Joe Schmidt on Saturday evening.

FKA Twigs reckons she’s really a traditional girl at heart. The 27-year-old singer claimed that she’s looking to settle down with a husband and kids and has no ambitions to be part of the world of fellow star TAYLOR SWIFT and her “squad”.

Imagine what it’s like to go from being stationed in the Cork burbs to being stationed in the Australian outback. Jonathan de Burca Butler meets up with Irish gardai who are being snapped up in Western Australia because of their high level of training

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

Civil rights campaigner Jesse Jackson visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange inside the embassy where he has been living for over three years.

A surfer was seriously injured as he repeatedly punched a shark that mauled him off the Australian east coast, less than a week after a fatal attack, police and a witness said.

A surfer was seriously injured as he repeatedly punched a shark that mauled him off the Australian east coast, less than a week after a fatal attack.

A teenage girl has told how a small shark tried to drag her from her board after biting her ankle as she surfed off the Australian east coast.

A man has had part of his arm torn off by a suspected great white shark while surfing off the coast of Western Australia, officials said.

A man has been killed in an apparent shark attack at the popular tourist destination of Byron Bay on the Australian east coast, officials said.

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The search for an Irish surfer missing off the Australian coast since Saturday morning was expected to resume overnight.

Malaysian Airlines is still trying to determine the nationality of 18 people on board flight MH17.

World-renowned Aids researchers and activists heading to an international conference in Australia were on board the downed Malaysian jet, it has emerged.

Sports Direct is to enter the Australian and New Zealand markets for the first time after signing a partnership with online discount retailer MySale.

New laws on family structures, including adoption rights for same-sex couples, are on track to be in place later this year, according to the Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald.

The underwater search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet is to be expanded, Australia’s prime minister has said.

Debris that washed ashore in south-west Australia is not from the missing Malaysian Airlines plane, experts have said.

Malaysia’s prime minister has arrived at the Australian air force base serving as a hub for the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

The Malaysian Prime Minister said authorities searching for missing flight MH370 have to assume beyond any reasonable doubt that the plane has been lost, with no survivors.

A Chinese satellite has spotted a large object along a broad stretch of ocean where officials hope to find a Malaysia Airlines plane that has been missing for more than two weeks, Malaysia’s defence minister has said.

As planes spent a third day hunting for two large objects spotted by satellite in the southern Indian Ocean, Australian officials today said they were far from giving up on what remains the strongest lead in the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

German tourist Daniel Dudzisz was stranded by floodwaters for about 10 days in the Australian Outback.

A German man missing for more than two weeks in the Australian Outback survived by eating flies after becoming lost and stranded by floodwaters.

Fishing authorities have moved to ease fears over the presence of the world’s second largest trawler in Irish waters — the same vessel which has been banned by Australia from fishing in its waters.

A man has been killed by a shark while spear fishing off the south Australian coast.

The long-awaited rescue of 52 passengers on board a research ship trapped in Antarctic ice since Christmas Eve has started.

Murphy’s Stout has beaten off competition from brands in Europe, the US and Japan at an annual awards ceremony in Australia.