Alibaba Group Holding, the e-commerce company started in 1999 with $60,000 by Jack Ma, yesterday cemented its status as a symbol of China’s economic emergence by raising $21.8bn (€16.9bn) in a US initial public offering.

Too bad water-boarding has been outlawed as David Drumm badly needs his mouth washed out after giving Ireland Anglo’s Ashes.

THREE months ago, the Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) published its assessment of abuses in the Magdalene laundries.