Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley has thrown down the gauntlet to Pádraig Harrington to produce the form that will make a pick on Europe’s team to face the United States at Gleneagles this September.

THE office relocation of Landmark Media Investments Ltd, publishers of the Irish Examiner and Evening Echo newspapers, to Blackpool, in Cork, is the second significant office deal in the city in recent weeks.

While Hollywood star Daniel Day-Lewis, 55, claimed he had no idea how much last night’s charity premiere and party for his Lincoln movie would raise for the Wicklow Hospice Foundation, insiders said they believe it will generate a six-figure sum.

Jedward-mania hit the streets of Dublin as the pop duo carried the Olympic Torch through the capital.

Thousands of people have converged on St Stephen's Green in Dublin for the final event of the Olympic Torch Relay.

The Cabinet is meeting at Government Buildings today following the summer break.

A 50-year-old soldier has died following a shooting incident at Government Buildings in Dublin.

An investigation is underway after a soldier died in a shooting incident at Government Buildings in Dublin last night.

An Taoiseach Brian Cowen is to make a public statement at Government Buildings at 7pm.

Ireland was tonight on the verge of an unprecedented bailout worth up to €70bn.

Militant groups were tonight accused of hijacking a massive student demonstration in Dublin marred by violence.

The lights will go off at Government buildings, Leinster House, the Customs House and the Four Courts at 8.30pm tonight to mark Earth Hour.

Environmental campaigners formed a human wave in Dublin today to call on the Government to push for a meaningful deal at the forthcoming UN climate change summit in Copenhagen.

The Taoiseach Brian Cowen and the Finance Minister Brian Lenihan are to hold a press conference at Government Buildings shortly to announce whether or not the talks with public sector unions have resulted in an acceptable agreement.

DAIRY farmers milked five cows on mobile parlours near Government Buildings in Dublin yesterday to highlight their falling income.

A second demonstration is to be held at Government Buildings in Dublin today, in protest against the cutbacks to services at Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin.

A Cabinet meeting aimed at finalising the details of next week's mini-Budget got underway this afternoon at Government Buildings in Dublin.

THE first formal engagement between the Government and social partners on a new economic recovery plan took place at Government Buildings yesterday.

Stormont's Parliament Buildings should join iconic sites such as the Golden Gate Bridge and Sydney Opera House in staging a 'black-out' to highlight climate change, it was claimed today.

A 43-year-old man has appeared in Dublin District Court charged in connection with an incident outside Government Buildings yesterday during which a protester threatened to set himself alight.

GERTRUDE Barrett popped into Arnott’s on the way to Government Buildings yesterday to pick up two pairs of extra-thick ski socks in the sale.

Stardust victims and families are planning a second day of protest at Government Buildings this afternoon.

FOUR women who lost loved ones in the Stardust disaster last night vowed to step up their campaign for justice after staging a sit-in at Government Buildings.

THE cabinet reached agreement yesterday on the bulk of what is expected to be the harshest budget since the late 1980s.

The Cabinet are to meet at Government Buildings in Dublin today in preparation for Budget day on October 14.

Talks to determine whether or not a new national pay deal is to emerge get underway for a sixth consecutive day at Government Buildings today.

A relieved French waiter, who was arrested for trying to pelt France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy with eggs on his arrival at Government Buildings in July, today gave the thumbs up to Irish justice.

THE message from farmers to French President Nicolas Sarkozy as he arrived at Government Buildings in Dublin yesterday was straightforward, “Oui, oui, s’il vous plait”.

A French waiter appeared in court today after he was arrested for trying to pelt France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy with eggs on his arrival at Government Buildings.

Former US President Bill Clinton met with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern tonight before a private fundraising event in Dublin to support his wife’s bid for presidency.

AFTER Ireland’s defeat to Italy in the quarter-final of the 1990 World Cup, Charlie Haughey went down on the field to salute the Irish crowd, but he was roundly booed.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today paid tribute to the "skill, courage and nerve" of new British Open champion Padraig Harrington at a reception in Government Buildings in Dublin.

British Open champion Padraig Harrington is to be honoured during a special reception at Government Buildings this afternoon.

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Green Party has today endorsed the recommendation of party leader Trevor Sargent to enter exploratory talks with Fianna Fáil about the formation of a new Government.

Talks between nursing unions and health employers are set to resume today, after breaking up late last night without resolution.

A delegation allied to loyalist paramilitaries in the North has met Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in Dublin tonight.

Dignitaries and old allies of former Taoiseach Charles Haughey, who died yesterday, visited his north Dublin home today to pay their respects.

ONE of the more intriguing files in the State papers opened this week concerned the appointment of Senator Vincent Gair as Australian ambassador to Ireland in 1974.

A face-to-face meeting between Gerry Adams and the Rev Ian Paisley would be truly historic, Sinn Féin claimed tonight.

Ireland needs an additional 2,000 scientists and engineers so the country can compete as a dynamic knowledge-based economy, it emerged today.

ONE interesting tussle which takes place among the political parties in the opening days of an election is the battle of the lampposts at Government Buildings.

THE smoking ban will be rigorously policed from next Monday, environmental health officers warned yesterday.

The Taoiseach is meeting with ICTU officials at Government Buildings, in what are thought to be talks about the Aer Rianta stand-off.

Around four hundred protestors from all over Ireland have held a major anti-drugs rally at Government Buildings in Dublin.