A teenager who found a way of stopping his earphones from falling to the ground, and tripping him up, has won the top Student Enterprise Award.

Ask any of Cork’s long-serving footballers which All-Ireland final win ranks sweetest of the eight, and all will provide you with the same answer — 2009.

Employers whose profits are improving should pay wage increases to their workers over the coming months, according to the Junior Minister for Jobs, Ged Nash.

Rose of Tralee organisers were unaware during the judging process that the 56th Rose, Maria Walsh, was gay, it emerged yesterday.

From food to festivals, movies to music, our critics reveal their top picks for summer.

ON this week’s show Kehlan is joined by Avine McNally from the Small Firms Association and Orlaith Carmody from mediatraining.ie to discuss this week’s news. We also drop in on the National Student Enterprise Awards in Croke Park, Dublin and talk to the business which is looking to keep your rubbish and recycling in your bin.

Lawson are to give a live performance of their new single ‘Learn To Love Again’ and an Eric Clapton cover, as well as a web chat around the theme of ‘Lessons In Love’ at 4.30pm this afternoon.

One Canadian province estimates it will have 20,000 construction jobs which Irish people can fill over the next five years.

Environmental infringement procedures taken against Ireland by the European Commission have more than halved over the last three years.

Ireland is ideally placed to become the most successful low-cost producer of milk for the northern hemisphere upon the end of the EU’s quota restrictions in 2015, according to a new report from Rabobank.

The daughter of Tyrone GAA manager Mickey Harte has been found dead on her honeymoon in Mauritius.

Dublin: The Irish Franchise Association hosts the Ulster Bank Irish Franchise Association EXPO and Awards 2010 at Croke Park, Dublin, on February 19 and 20.

Detectives are today investigating the disappearance of more than €142,000 from GAA ticket sales after the resignation of a senior official.

Ulster wing Tommy Bowe and Munster second row Mick O'Driscoll are the two changes to the starting XV named by Ireland coach Eddie O'Sullivan in the Ireland team to play Scotland in the RBS Six Nations Championship in Croke Park this Saturday.

More than a quarter of a million people at risk of poverty could not get a medical card because Government rules found they earned too much, it was claimed today.

QUICK Pancakes, an innovative product from a company founded 162 years ago, has been chosen by international buyers at Marketplace Ireland for a special award.

FIFTY Irish food and drink companies will be provided with an opportunity at the Bord Bia-organised Marketplace Ireland, which will be held at Croke Park, Dublin, on May 23-24.

PLANS were unveiled yesterday for a conference where business gurus from a wide variety of disciplines will address transition year students from across Leinster.

THE venue for this week’s national pay rally for nurses to vent their anger at low pay and long working hours had to be switched at the last minute to secure one big enough to accommodate over 1,000 nurses wanting to take part.

The playing schedule for the 2007 Six Nations has been confirmed. Ireland will start away to Wales and finish in Italy.

MEANINGFUL targets for reducing inequalities in healthcare must be set to prevent people in poverty becoming ill more often and dying early, a conference heard yesterday.

Meaningful targets for reducing inequalities in healthcare must be set to prevent people in poverty becoming ill more often and dying early, a conference heard today.

The National Final of the Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards will place on November 30 in Croke Park, Dublin.

Cormac McAnallen, captain of reigning All-Ireland football champions Tyrone, died suddenly today.

THE Government was urged yesterday to promote the interests of women in farming. IFA National Farm Family Committee chairwoman Mary McGreal made the call when she addressed the first national IFA conference on women in agriculture at Croke Park, Dublin.

THE Sam Maguire Cup was hoisted in triumph inside Parliament Buildings, Belfast for the first time last night.

The Sam Maguire Cup was hoisted in triumph inside Parliament Buildings, Belfast for the first time tonight.