Former Sheffield Wednesday secretary Graham Mackrell was found guilty of failing to discharge his duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act.

Munster are closing in on appointing an American football strength and conditioning coach as head of athletic performance, causing surprise and disappointment within Munster and Irish rugby circles that indigenous candidates have been overlooked again.

Eleven men have been arrested in England by counter terrorism police following an investigation into banned extreme right-wing group National Action.

The Government has rejected calls for a UK reparations fund for victims of Libyan-sponsored IRA attacks.

In true nerd style, I came across an interesting documentary the other night about trains and England, and how the rail network shaped that country in terms of commuters, building, culture, architecture.

A huge security operation is under way as the first major event is held in Manchester since the suicide bombing.

A 95-year-old man who bludgeoned his wife of 65 years with a lump hammer in an attempted mercy killing has been spared jail.

The wife of the match commander on the day of the Hillsborough disaster has said that she and her husband are also going through a "terrible" ordeal.

Lesley Fagan found her sister, who was adopted in 1948, living in Australia.

After more than 60 years apart, two sisters, living on opposite sides of the planet, had an emotional reunion in Dublin Airport this week.

The Times of London newspaper has said it "made a mistake" by not including coverage of the Hillsborough inquests on the front page of its first edition.

Two criminal investigations into the Hillsborough disaster and its aftermath could finish by the end of the year.

Why is it necessary for the centrepiece of the 1916 celebrations to be such a military occasion? asks Fergus Finlay

DESPITE the fact that he left Limerick when he was 15, and Dublin when he was 30, to live permanently in England, very few Irishmen did as much for Ireland as the broadcaster Terry Wogan, who died aged 77, yesterday. There is nothing starstruck or dazzled about this statement but it may need explaining to anyone under the age of, say, 50.

President Michael D Higgins has urged people to reach out to those at risk of being sucked into radicalisation and extremism.

Ervia CEO: Irish Water ’came up short’ on explaining charges; President Michael D Higgins makes an official visit to Britain today;Christian Benteke’s move to Liverpool could go through today, and Sinead O’Connor has cancelled her summer tour due to illness. Here’s this morning’s irishexaminer.com round-up.

Two family friends of the youngest victim at Hillsborough have described how they lost sight of the 10-year-old boy as crushing on a terrace at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final became “unbearable”.

Cormac O’Keeffe spends an adventure-filled weekend in the child-friendly, Newpark Hotel in Kilkenny.

Hillsborough police chief David Duckenfield has told the jury into the inquests of 96 Liverpool fans he was “a new and inexperienced match commander” faced with “unimaginably difficult and fast-moving circumstances”.

The police chief on the day the Hillsborough disaster occurred “apologised unreservedly” to the families of the 96 victims yesterday after admitting a “terrible lie” and misleading others minutes after the disaster unfolded.

The senior police officer in charge on the day of the Hillsborough disaster in England has arrived at court to give evidence at the new inquests.

Ikea said its UK sales jumped over Christmas after the furniture retailer spent £27m on cutting prices.

The head of the footballers’ union apologised after he compared the Ched Evans controversy to the Hillsborough disaster.

Professional Footballers’ Association chief executive Gordon Taylor has apologised for appearing to compare Ched Evans’ attempt to clear his name with the Hillsborough disaster.

Premier League footballer Saido Berahino is set to appear in court charged with drink-driving on the M6 in Cheshire.

A mother and father who fought for a quarter of a century for justice for the victims of the Hillsborough disaster have been given New Year Honours.

A senior officer who was in charge of policing Liverpool fans outside Hillsborough football stadium on the day of the 1989 disaster has said he had "profound regrets" that he did not ask for the match kick-off to be delayed.

A 15-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of starting the Manchester Dogs Home blaze which killed at least 50 animals has been released on bail.

A fund set up to help a dogs home after more than 50 of its animals were killed in a suspected arson attack has hit the £1m (€1.25m) mark.

Animal lovers have donated hundreds of thousands of pounds online following a blaze which killed more than 50 dogs.

A former police officer has denied he vastly exaggerated the behaviour of Liverpool fans after a police chief told him “drunken, ticketless” supporters were to blame for the Hillsborough disaster.

CRANBERRY, ruby or gold ruby glass will not be ignored. You can set a single piece on a mantle, or crowd it at the back of a glazed cabinet.

Jurors on the inquest into the 96 Hillsborough disaster deaths have stood at the exact site where most of the Liverpool fans who died in the tragedy lost their lives.

The jury at the Hillsborough inquests has been given a minute-by-minute countdown as the tragedy unfolded.

Lloyds Bank is to axe 645 jobs and close a telephone banking centre in the UK under fresh cost-cutting moves, a union has revealed.

Hillsborough’s youngest victim would have been “very proud” of his cousin, the Liverpool and England captain Steven Gerrard, the inquest into the disaster heard today.

Daniel Coyle clinched his third successive HSI/Connolly’s Red Mills Spring Tour title yesterday when seventh with Uptown Girl in the final at Coilog Equestrian Centre, Co Kildare.

None of the 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster should be blamed for their tragic deaths, a coroner has said, which bereaved relatives welcomed as “music to our ears”.

Long-awaited fresh inquests into the deaths of the 96 people killed in the Hillsborough disaster will begin today.

Former News International boss Rebekah Brooks began giving evidence in her defence at the phone hacking trial today after she was formally cleared of a charge linked to a picture of Prince William dressed as a bikini-clad Bond girl at a Sandhurst party.

An off-duty Garda, his brother, and another man, accused of getting involved in a street fight last summer, have appeared in court in Limerick.