Your Tuesday morning news round up

Tue, 05 May, 2015 - 01:00

Robert McNamara

TOP STORY

Seeds of recovery starting to flower on high streets

More outlets are opening on the country’s prime shopping streets, writes Peter O’Dwyer

IRELAND

LATEST: Two bodies found in Wexford; Gardaí not treating it as suspicious

An Investigation has been launched following the discovery of the remains of two people in County Wexford.

MOST READ: Cork says goodbye to Loafers as Ireland’s oldest gay bar closes

Cork institution Loafer’s, which describes itself as the country’s oldest gay bar, closed its door for the final time last night.

SPORT

LATEST: Bingham didn’t realise he had won until crowd applauded

Stuart Bingham completed an astonishing transformation from journeyman to king of the Crucible as he brilliantly beat Shaun Murphy to take the Betfred World Championship title.

MOST READ: Flying fit Waterford eager for summer revels

Billed as a clash of styles, Waterford’s deep-lying workrate versus Cork’s off-the-cuff improvisation, Sunday’s Allianz Hurling League final saw the Déise record an emphatic win.

WORLD

LATEST: FBI watched Texas shooting suspect for years

One of the suspected gunmen who opened fire outside a Texas art contest featuring cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed was known to the FBI since 2006, but despite more than 1,500 hours of surveillance, he was prosecuted only once, it has emerged.

MOST READ: Infant British princess named Charlotte

William and Kate have named their baby daughter Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, Kensington Palace has announced.

BUSINESS

LATEST: BoI chief and former head of Ulster Bank to appear before Banking Inquiry

The Group Chief Executive of Bank of Ireland and the former head of Ulster Bank will appear before the Banking Inquiry today.

MOST READ: Barclays wins ruling in Lehman case

The US Supreme Court yesterday allowed Barclays to claim about $4bn (€3.6bn) of disputed assets as part of its hurried purchase of much of Lehman Brothers Holdings’ brokerage unit at the height of the 2008 financial crisis.

VIEWPOINTS

MOST READ: ‘I find it really hard to believe that we have to vote on whether two people who love each other can get married’

If you believe in equality and want to see teenagers grow up in a society that accepts everyone equally, please vote yes on May 22, writes Niall Breslin

LIFESTYLE

Ballet school is helping rural areas to keep step with the times

Once considered urban and elitist, ballet is being widely taught in rural areas thanks to teachers who believe ballet should be open to all, writes Ailin Quinlan

EXAMVIRAL

LATEST: VIDEO: Five-year-old recreates Bruce Lee nunchaku moves perfectly

You don’t want to mess with this kid.

MOST READ: VIDEO: Blind man and armless man plant 12,000 trees

A man with no arms and his blind friend have populated a once-barren river bank in China with 12,000 trees.

TECHNOW

The inevitable Game Of The Year edition of Shadow of Mordor releases this week http://t.co/uvFllgv20i pic.twitter.com/bzk8NdahaD
— PC Gamer (@pcgamer) May 4, 2015

LATEST: Shadow of Mordor is the Game of the Year at the Game Developers Choice Awards

Shadow of Mordor was really, really great. So great that its still earning 'best of 2014' awards some 3 months into the new twelvemonth.

MOST READ: Rock Out With Your Plastic Guitars Out – Rock Band 4 Announced

It’s time to get the plastic instruments out of the attic or garage. Harmonix officially announced Rock Band 4, which will be released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One later this year.

SHOWBIZ