Your Monday evening news catch-up

Graham Dwyer has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of childcare worker Elaine O’Hara, Karen Buckley’s family face an agonising wait before they can bring her body home and the €1m-plus stealth-like futuristic military vessel launched in Cork. Some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com this evening.

Mon, 20 Apr, 2015 - 01:00

TOP STORY

Graham Dwyer 'richly deserves' his life sentence, says judge

Graham Dwyer has been sentenced to life in prison for what the judge described as the "chilling and premeditated" murder of childcare worker Elaine O’Hara.

IRELAND

LATEST: Jury in trial of woman accused of assisting suicide hears recording of last words

The jury at the trial of a 43-year-old woman charged with assisting the suicide of another, has been played the last recorded words of the deceased.

MOST READ: Family faces long wait before they can bring Karen home

The family of Irish student Karen Buckley face an agonising wait before they can bring her body home for burial.

SPORT

LATEST: Four key points from the weekend’s GAA

Peter McNamara looks at some of the key talking points from this weekend's GAA.

MOST READ: Nearly simply not enough for Dublin

Watching the Dubs heading down the home straight yesterday was like watching the Grand National when you had 20 quid on some nag at long odds and you were just wishing it to fall over the line.

ANALYSIS

MOST READ: Beware the worm casting its opinion as the election looms

Enda Kenny suffered years of negative polls, related to his personal popularity, before coming to power writes Terry Prone

EXAMVIRAL

LATEST: WATCH: Son scares the life out of father having late night cigarette

A son in the US noticed dad had been sneaking out late at night for a crafty cigarette and decided it was time to play an evil prank on him.

MOST READ: Sony has unveiled its new Xperia Z4 flagship smartphone

With the likes of HTC and Samsung having already made their flagship entries into the smartphone market in 2015, now it’s the turn of Sony.

TECHNOW

LATEST: John Michael McDonagh's Calvary follow-up War on Everyone stars shooting - see the first pic

From The Guard to Calvary, writer/director John Michael McDonagh has been turning heads ever since his feature debut with Brendan Gleeson as a rather... unusual cop in the back arse of Ireland.

MOST READ: True Detective season 2 comes to Ireland on June 22nd

The second season of HBO's massively successful True Detective will be on Irish televisions from the 22nd of June 2015

WORLD

LATEST: Planespotters arrested in UAE to be released

Three British planespotters who have been held in prison in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for eight weeks accused of espionage are being released without charge, a lawyer has said.

MOST READ: Christians beheaded and shot in IS video

A video released by the Islamic State group yesterday appears to show the killing of two different groups of captured Ethiopian Christians by the extremist group’s Libyan affiliates.

BUSINESS

LATEST: Share sale values Spotify at $8.4bn

A multimillion-euro stake in Spotify is being sold - which values the music-streaming service at $8.4bn.

MOST READ: Greece defiant as creditors pile on the pressure

Greece has said it will not renege on election pledges to end austerity measures as creditors pressed for a deal to free financing and avert a widening crisis.

LIFESTYLE

Singer Ed thinks out Thrones fantasy

ED SHEERANcould be the latest star to join the terrifying world of Game Of Thrones.

MOST READ: The secret to running a marathon is the right shoes says Ruthann Sheahan

Ruthann Sheahan tells Clodagh Finn the secret behind her running secret of running through the day – and night.

SHOWBIZ

MOST READ: Irish karate princess Jesse-Jane to star alongside Zac Efron

Not only did Armagh karate princess Jesse-Jane McParland impress Britain's Got Talent judges over the weekend, it looks like she has also been making an impression on some big of the big names in Hollywood.