The Briefing - Your Tuesday morning news catch up

Welcome to your Tuesday morning briefing. Let us ensure you’re up to speed on what’s happening and are prepared for the day ahead.

BRIEFING TOP STORY

CORK QUEENS MEDALS HAULS OUTSHINE A KING

King Henry of Kilkenny may have 10, but dual stars Briege Corkery and Rena Buckley have 14 apiece, lest anyone be in any doubt as to who has the higher senior All-Ireland medal count.

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IRISH NEWS

PROPERTY BUYERS BORROW TOO MUCH YET AGAIN

Home-buyers are once again overstretching themselves with outsized mortgages in the fresh frenzy to get on the property ladder.

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50% OF UNDER 35s WATCH LIVE TV ON PORTABLE DEVICES

Half of under-35s are shifting to watching live and catch-up TV on portable devices over the traditional TV set, according to an Eircom household survey.

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WORLD NEWS

CLOONEY, ALAMUDDIN CAPTIVATE VENICE ON WEDDING WEEKEND

US actor George Clooney and Lebanese-born human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin formalised their marriage in a civil ceremony in Venice yesterday, capping star-studded weekend nuptials.

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TWITTER USER TRUMPS DONALD

Donald Trump inadvertently tweeted an image of serial killers Fred and Rose West following a Twitter prank.

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SPORT

CROUCH UPS PRESSURE ON PARDEW

The pressure on Newcastle manager Alan Pardew cranked up last night as his side were beaten 1-0 by Stoke at a rain-drenched Britannia Stadium.

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MCGINLEY LEFT NOTHING TO CHANCE

Paul McGinley left nothing to chance in his masterplan to retain the Ryder Cup for Europe. It was an attention to detail that one journalist suggested was borderline "disturbing" but it got the required outcome.

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BUSINESS

EXAMINERSHIP PROCESS SAVES 1700 JOBS

More than 1,700 jobs have been saved through the use of the examinership process for troubled companies in the first nine months of the year — the majority in small-and medium-sized businesses.

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VIEWPOINTS

ENDA APOLOGISED, SO WHY HAS THIS SORRY MESS BEEN SO CONTROVERSIAL?

IS it just me, or has the political world gone mad? I’ve never seen so much invective heaped on a political leader, from outside and inside his own party.

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EXAMVIRAL

CHRISTOPHER MCQUARRIE AND SIMON PEGG HAVE A NEW TWITTER GAME, OR SOMETHING

While on the set of Mission Impossible 5, director Christopher McQuarrie along with Simon Pegg, took a break from all the spying and action to have some fun on Twitter.

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SHOWBIZ

SHORTLIST PUBLISHED FOR GREATEST EVER FILM QUOTE POLL

The lines "Bond, James Bond" and "He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy" feature in a shortlist of favourite film quotes.

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TOP FEATURES

20 YEARS SINCE BORIS YELTSIN KEPT THE TAOISEACH WAITING

Richard Fitzpatrick looks back at the day the Russian premier couldn’t be roused from his plane to meet the Taoiseach

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MOST READ RIGHT NOW ...

CODY PUTS REFEREE KELLY AND FORMER KILKENNY GREATS IN HIS CROSSHAIRS

The morning after the evening before and All-Ireland-winning Kilkenny manager Brian Cody is holding court with members of the written press in the bar of the CityWest Hotel.

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