You wouldn’t want to be paranoid. Or you might think Tipperary were being punished for reaching an All-Ireland semi-final.

The government has approved a series of Oireachtas reforms.

The Environment Minister says he is happy that a range of measures announced today will bring rent certainty to the market.

Greece has failed to convince European creditors to release vital bailout funds to shore up the country’s public coffers and its crippled banks.

Greece and its European creditors should be able to iron out disagreements on reforms the country must undertake to receive a new rescue loan instalment by next week, according to a top European official.

Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem urged Greece yesterday to hold elections as soon as possible to avoid delays in implementing a third bailout package.