TV3 has secured full broadcasting rights for all 48 matches of the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Yesterday’s announcement that TV3 has secured the rights for all 48 games in next year’s Rugby World Cup is another blow for public service broadcaster RTÉ. It rubs salt into the wound left by the divisive GAA decision to sell a number of significant inter-county matches to pay-to-view broadcaster Sky.

Jury selection has begun in New York City in the trial of an Egyptian Islamic preacher extradited from Britain on charges he conspired to support al-Qaida.