The owners of the five-star Merrion Hotel in Dublin shared a bumper €7.6m dividend payout, last year, as profits at the hotel soared.

Manchester United 3 FC Basel 0: Manchester United’s long-awaited return to the Champions League proved a rather routine affair as they comfortably overcame Basel 3-0 at Old Trafford but an injury to Paul Pogba, on the day he was made captain, leaves them waiting nervously to see how long the talismanic midfielder will be out.

SOME novelists expect their readers to learn a new language. Clockwork Orange is challenging, and so, more recently, is Trainspotting. The Gringo Champion is equally demanding.

Shares in British exploration company Europa Oil and Gas jumped by as much as 12% yesterday on news that it is sitting on nearly 1bn more barrels of oil in Irish waters than was previously projected.

Ireland was front and centre at the EU summit on Brexit over the weekend, writes Juno McEnroe. Observers claim it was a political coup for Taoiseach Enda Kenny and the Government.

Greetings, comrades, on this international workers’ day, from the horny-handed freelancer branch of the Soccerati Union.

Shares in British explorer Europa Oil and Gas climbed 6% yesterday on the back of the company effectively doubling the reserve estimate at one of its chief prospects off the west coast of Ireland.

Life could exist on Saturn's moon Enceladus around hydrothermal vents similar to those found at the bottom of Earth's oceans, scientists believe.

They don’t half put you through it. Three points always make a difference to the mood but there was no real improvement in the performance.

Sigh. Isn’t it a bit soon for Groundhog Day? How many more times this season will we have to sum up a game as follows?

An exhibition by Palestinian artist Emily Jacir is about to open at IMMA in Dublin. She tells Alan O’Riordan why some of her new work taps into Irish history

Dundalk made history in the Europa League after forward Ciaran Kilduff came off the bench to seal three points in a 1-0 win against Maccabi Tel Aviv.

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British exploration company Europa Oil and Gas has started the search for a partner company to help develop one of its “riskier” assets in Irish waters.

NASA's Juno probe has returned it's first 'in orbit' photos of Jupiter.

Something incredible is happening out near Jupiter right now...

It’s all about Europe now.

Commercial oil production from offshore Irish licences will not become a reality until at least 2023, one leading player has said.

Still loads to do, isn’t there?

Manchester City 0 Manchester United 1: Where to begin following this most captivating of Manchester derbies, a game that ebbed and flowed with passion and pace, and ultimately raised more questions than it answered about this most unpredictable and enthralling of Premier League seasons, as Marcus Rashford’s first-half goal settled matters.

There is no natural border between Europe and Asia. Divisions between them are in our heads, writes Victoria White

UCD joined Shamrock Rovers last night as the Irish representatives in the second round of the Europa League, spiking their cash-flow in the process.

Although delighted that the club are back in Europe for the first time since 2008, Cork City boss John Caulfield admits to mixed feelings about drawing Iceland’s KR Reykjavik in the Europa League.

Luca Cumani is looking forward to seeing Connecticut test his powers at a higher level later this summer following an impressive return to action in the totepool Pontefract Castle Stakes yesterday.

Recent research from Morgan Stanley suggested an all-time low for exploration-related M&A activity in the first quarter of 2015. 

US authorities are outlining corruption allegations against seven FIFA officials, Sinn Féin has said the Government should hold a referendum before agreeing to the sale of Aer Lingus, RTE have released a statement addressing comments made by Joe Brolly and Tony Blair has resigned as the Quartet’s Middle East peace envoy after nearly eight years  Just some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

Caroline Hennessy makes a quick visit to Belfast to see just how much food she can pack into 24 hours.

A decision is due before the end of June on whether highly anticipated drilling activity on Irish exploration assets jointly held by US company Kosmos Energy and UK player Europa Oil and Gas will begin in the next year.

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British exploration firm Europa Oil and Gas is to focus on adding prospects in Irish waters as part of its expansion, its management stated yesterday.

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British-based exploration firm Europa Oil and Gas — which has interests off the west coast of Ireland — expects to meet annual production targets this year, despite suffering a 4.5% year-on-year drop in first-half revenues and a near 4% decline in production.

Plumes of water vapour 100 miles high may have been spotted bursting out of the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon, Europa.

British exploration firm, Europa Oil & Gas, which has two potentially huge prospects in Irish waters, has reported a pre-tax profit of £407,000 (€480,000) for the 12 months to the end of July.

IT’S been out of this world for 36 years... now it’s leaving the solar system. In doing so, Voyager 1, launched in August 1977, is the furthest man-made object from Earth, almost 18.75bn kilometres from its creators and heading for interstellar space, the space between stars.

Rain may be forecast but a rainbow of colour is expected over Cork this bank holiday weekend as one of the country’s largest gay pride festivals takes place.

The hotel group that co-owns the luxury 5-star Merrion hotel in Dublin last year increased its pre-tax profits more than threefold to £2.4m (€2.923m).

The Central Bank was warned of potential design and copyright problems before issuing a flawed James Joyce commemorative coin last month — but went ahead regardless.

US company Kosmos Energy has become the latest international exploration firm to show an interest in Ireland’s burgeoning offshore oil and gas potential, snapping up controlling stakes in two prospects off the Kerry coast.