A handful of Irish-related shares, including Tullow Oil, Glanbia and Bord Gáis owner Centria, were among the big stock market losers in Europe in the past year. Flutter Entertainment, which owns Paddy Power and Betfair, as well as Ryanair and Kerry Group were, however, among the big winners.

Tullow Oil’s acting chief has said the company is open to takeover offers in light of its shares plummeting by nearly 72% on it cutting its production outlook, suspending dividend payments, and parting company with its CEO and exploration director.

Tullow Oil shares plummeted by more than 27% to a 21-year low after the Irish-founded exploration company said production from flagship projects in Ghana has disappointed and that it will reassess the commercial viability of recent discoveries made in South America.

When Nelson Mandela wore a Springbok shirt and cap at the 1995 Rugby World Cup final in Johannesburg he made one of the most powerful statements of forgiveness, unity, inclusion, and healing ever offered.

The three-week conference in the Vatican is working on how to develop the faith in the Amazon, and will discuss whether it is time to loosen the Church's tradition of celibacy.

A sharp rebound for Irish bank shares capped a week in which global stock markets were haunted by the threat of global recession, sparking a flight by investors from shares to government bonds.

Two Irish exploration companies are at the centre of significant oil finds in South America and Africa.

Shares in Tullow Oil jumped by a further 4% on the back of the company forecasting slightly higher production levels at a key asset in western Africa.

The 88-year-old passed away this morning after a lengthy battle with cancer.

Shares in Tullow Oil fell by over 2% after the Irish-founded exploration company slightly downgraded its production expectations for this year and said progress on highly-anticipated project work in Kenya could be delayed.

Shares in Irish-founded Tullow Oil rose more than 4% as it reported its first annual net profit in five years.

There’s a whiff of danger about Keith Barry. He bounces into the Republic of Work in Cork for this interview with his charming, boyish smile and warm hand-shake, but there’s an animal energy in his eyes and upper body. You’d follow him around just to see what he’d do.

Tullow Oil is to turn its focus towards South America later this year, aiming to start drilling offshore Suriname by October at an area close to where super-major ExxonMobil this week made a significant discovery off the coast of Guyana.

The ruling clique is prolonging the agony by rejecting a democratic transition. The desperate, and repressed Venezuelan people deserve their country back, writes Enrique ter Horst.            

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Four Brazilian gold miners have died in Guyana after the pit they were working in collapsed.

Cross-dressing is a crime only if it is done for an “improper purpose” a Guyana judge has ruled.

A pair of rare monkeys have started a new family at Dublin Zoo.

The family of an Irish teenager charged with threatening to kill the president of Guyana have said they are hopeful the case will be dropped.

An Irish teenager has been charged with threatening to shoot and kill the president of Guyana during what his lawyer said was an alcohol-fuelled conversation with two of the leader’s bodyguards.

An Irish teenager has been charged with threatening to shoot and kill the president of Guyana during what his lawyer said was an alcohol-fuelled conversation with two of the leader’s bodyguards.

Tullow Oil, the Irish-founded driller, will acquire Norway’s Spring Energy AS for $372m (€286m) to add prospects in the North, Norwegian, and Barents Seas.

Thieves have boarded a boat on the southern Caribbean island of Curacao and stolen about 70 gold bars worth an estimated $11.5m (€8.8m).

Chris Brown has pulled out of a planned concert in Guyana following protests over his assault on Rihanna in 2009.

Three miners in Guyana were killed when the walls of the open-pit mine they were working in collapsed, burying them in tons of mud and sand.

Thai oil company PTT Exploration & Production yesterday extended for the third time the deadline for shareholders in London- and Dublin-based explorer Cove Energy to accept its $1.9bn (€1.5bn) takeover bid.

At a press conference announcing the Macklin-Martinez fight at Madison Square Garden back in January, my phone rang. Colin Morgan was about four yards away from me but he was on a crutch — it was easier just to call me.

Archaeologists have trained volunteers to map headstones and record the stories and folklore from historic cemeteries as part of a nationwide project aimed at reaching out to the Irish disapora.

Police in Guyana have detained a 14-year-old girl for allegedly lacing a family meal with pesticide after her parents forbade her from dating a 19-year-old neighbour.

If you’re a boxer, you already know what the fight is about. If you turn pro, you have to learn the ins-and-outs.

TULLOW Oil shares soared almost 20% after its French Guiana exploration resulted in an offshore oil discovery, raising the prospect of the opening of a major offshore oil-producing operation in South America.

FIFA have announced 16 officials from Caribbean associations have been charged with breaching rules on ethics in the wake of the bribery scandal that saw Mohamed Bin Hammam banned for life.

A PACKED Caribbean Airlines passenger jet skidded off a runway as it landed in Guyana at night on Saturday, then broke in two at the edge of a ravine.

A Caribbean Airlines jet coming from New York has crashed and broken in two while landing in Guyana with 163 people aboard, causing several injuries but no deaths.

A Caribbean Airlines airplane coming from New York crashed with 140 passengers aboard while landing in Guyana early today and broke in two, causing several injuries but no deaths, said President Bharrat Jagdeo.

A WHILE AGO, I remember asking a friend — in the kind of way that indicated I wanted an honest answer — “How are you?”

FIFA have given all 25 Caribbean associations 48 hours to provide statements about the events at the meeting in Trinidad which led to Mohamed Bin Hammam being banned for life for bribery.

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Exploration group Tullow Oil today said total revenue for the first half of 2011 is expected to be a record $1.05bn (€725m), up from $486m (€335m) for the same period last year.

OIL production levels from Tullow Oil’s Ghana-based Jubilee Field — which started producing late last year — have increased to over 70,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd) and are on course to reach the forecast 120,000 bopd level by July.

A man is due in court tomorrow after cocaine worth €220,000 was seized at Dublin Airport last night.

IT wasn’t exactly a “where were you when Kennedy was shot?” moment was it?

The decapitated body of a 16-year-old girl was found inside a suitcase that was thrown into a creek and weighted down with dumbbells, and police in Guyana said that her mother and two others were detained.