The United Nations is to launch an urgent aid appeal to help the Philippines recover from the ravages of Typhoon Haiyan.

The stock image of Alex Ferguson, familiar around the world, is of someone who lives and breathes football, and gives it loads to referees. But there’s more to him than that, as Irish Examiner editor Tim Vaughan discovered

ELLEN COGAVIN was a Fine Gael candidate in the Dunshaughlin area for Meath County Council in last June’s local elections. She is a senior nurse in a nearby hospital and health was probably one of the issues she campaigned on.