Tesco agreed to sell its Asian businesses to Thai billionaire Dhanin Chearavanont for more than $10bn (€8.8bn), clinching a record deal in Thailand even as the coronavirus outbreak damps enthusiasm for mergers and acquisitions worldwide.

China have also penciled in a trip to Belfast for a four-game series against Ireland in April.

An inspired Catholic Institute secured a first win over Pegasus in their 110-year history on Saturday.

WHEN eight British soldiers were arrested by the gardaí in the middle of the night in May 1976, it was one of the most embarrassing diplomatic incidents of the Troubles.

The Irish women’s key training camp in Malaysia next month has been scrapped due to the outbreak of the coronavirus with coach Sean Dancer keen to see an alternative plan in place soon.

Plans to revitalise Limerick's main thoroughfare took a step forward this week.

David Raleigh Limerick City and County Council is to spend in the region of €1m on a brand for Limerick to strengthen its competitive edge on an international scale.

India and China are in the grips of economic slowdown but it brings a lesson that they must learn, write Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo.

The parents of Nora Quoirin have said that many questions remain around the investigation and said that the Malaysian authorities didn't understand her special needs.

Cork racing ace Lucca Allen is on the cusp of outright victory in the F4 SEA Championship with Finland’s Elias Seppanen standing between the Shanagarry driver and his first FIA title.

From January 1, ships will either have to use a doubly expensive low-sulphur fuel or install potentially risky exhaust-cleaning systems, says Jonathan Saul.

Mass tourism has become so ubiquitous that it is hard to imagine any event anywhere that might escape the attention of holidaymakers.

Ireland’s women will meet the Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain, India and South Africa in the group stages of the Olympic Games following confirmation of the final entrants on Saturday.

Lee Chin has a routine after games, even Walsh Cup matches, of reviewing them to death, parsing and dissecting the footage to wring out every last morsel of information and learning.

Climate change is increasing global hunger, with some countries worse off today than a decade ago, a new study shows.

The shock of Thomas Cook’s collapse may create reverberations that travel much further than the 150,000 holidaymakers who are reportedly stranded overseas or the many people who have already paid for travel with the company. The impact of Thomas Cook’s failure is even more stark because the company’s 19th-century founder was the father of package holidays, taking the first group of travellers abroad in 1855.

There has been confusion in holiday resorts following the collapse of travel giant Thomas Cook yesterday.

The first of three flights that will take part in the mass repatriation of stranded Thomas Cook holidaymakers has taken off from Shannon Airport.

On Sunday evening at the Glen’s Blackpool clubhouse, Jerry Galvin of Churchtown, North Cork, handed over the piece of ash, now six decades old, which was once the possession of the former Taoiseach

Nóra Quoirin will be laid to rest today after a funeral mass in Belfast, where her mother is from.

Both the Irish senior women and men got one of their preferred draw for the Olympic qualifiers as they both face battles with Canada in the next two months for a ticket to Tokyo 2020.

Andres Romero opened up a one-shot lead heading into the final round of the Omega European Masters but Ryder Cup stars Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy were well in contention in Switzerland.

Efforts by Ireland and other EU countries to find new dairy product export destinations are threatened by the Indonesian government’s proposal to increase import tariffs.

Dublin is the sixth friendliest city in the world, according to a new survey.

It is too early to rule out a criminal element in the death of Nóra Quoirin, her family’s lawyer has insisted.

The French lawyer of the family of Nóra Quoirin has said that the family is determined to find out how she died.

A 15-year-old girl who disappeared from a jungle resort in Malaysia died of intestinal rupture as a result of starvation and stress, local police have said.

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For more than a week, Nóra Quoirin’s parents have waited anxiously for news of their missing daughter — but this morning they hope to hear how their beloved 15-year-old girl died.

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The 15-year-old’s body was identified by her family, hours after it was discovered following a large-scale search operation.

The 15-year-old’s body was identified by the Quoirin family today, hours after it was discovered following a large-scale search operation.

Around 90 rescue workers involved in the search for missing Irish teenager Nora Quoirin will today focus their efforts on the surrounding jungle and mountain area near the Dusan resort, where she was last seen.

Nóra, the 15-year-old daughter of an Irish-French couple that lives in London, was reported missing on Sunday, August 4.

The teenager has been missing in Malaysia for more than a week.

The parents of an Irish teenager missing for almost a week in Malaysia have thanked teams taking part in a widespread search operation.

So that’s Friday nearly wrapped up.

Nóra, whose parents are Irish and French, has special needs and was last seen on Sunday morning south of Kuala Lumpur.

The family of the teenage girl who has gone missing in Malaysia has described the girl as "fun, funny, and extremely loving'' as they await news from authorities.