Your Wednesday lunchtime news catch-up

RTE has told the High Court that Denis O’Brien is hanging a 'Sword of Damocles' over the entire media; Days after their loss, while they were still reeling from grief, Gaye and Gerry Edwards received their son’s remains in an envelope and John Giles has not been dropped from the panel covering Ireland's soccer matches, RTE has said. Just some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

Wed, 10 Jun, 2015 - 01:00

TOP STORY - IBRC

O'Brien's lawyers say RTE application 'too clever by half'

RTE has told the High Court that Denis O’Brien is hanging a 'Sword of Damocles' over the entire media by seeking to maintain a court order which prevents the broadcast of his private bank details with IBRC.

Noonan: Inquiry will cover lead-up, and legal threat, before IBRC's loan deals with O'Brien

Michael Noonan has said new concerns raised by Sinn Féín's Pearse Doherty last night in relation to Denis O'Brien's loan arrangements with IBRC will be covered by the inquiry.

IBRC liquidators slam 'inaccurate and misleading' Doherty comments on O'Brien loans

IBRC's special liquidators have disputed claims made in the Dáil last night about their dealings with businessman Denis O'Brien.

IRELAND

Englishman denies jumping from window after row with girlfriend

An Englishman who has sued a Kinsale hotel, claiming he fell 8m from a third floor bedroom window, yesterday denied in the High Court he had jumped after a row with his girlfriend.

Nuns rescued after spending three days stuck in lift after power failure

An Irish nun was rescued after spending three nights stuck in a lift in Rome.

MOST READ: ‘We didn’t get a funeral — just an envelope to the door’ - Family receive son’s remains in envelope

Days after their loss, while they were still reeling from grief, Gaye and Gerry Edwards received their son’s remains in an envelope.

SPORT

John Giles 'not dropped' from panel, say RTE

John Giles has not been dropped from the panel covering Ireland's soccer matches, RTE has said, although he will not be part of the panel covering our European qualifier against Scotland this weekend.

MOST READ: Martin O’Neill apologised after ‘losing it’ in Celtic’s dressing room after loss

Martin O’Neill gave a famously inspirational speech in the Celtic dressing room before they stepped out to face Liverpool at Anfield in their Uefa Cup quarter-final in 2003.

WORLD

Pakistani man gets execution reprieve

A Pakistani man whose lawyers say was a child when charged with murder, and only confessed after being tortured, was handed a reprieve just hours before he was due to be executed, the fourth time his death penalty has been stayed.

MOST READ: New dinosaur species discovered in Welsh cliff

A new dinosaur species has been discovered in Wales dating back 200 million years to the earliest Jurassic period, scientists say.

ANALYSIS

MOST READ: MICHAEL CLIFFORD: Report raises further worrying questions over razed estate

A new report into a housing estate that was the scene of a devastating fire raises questions of culpability and redress for residents, says Michael Clifford.

EXAMVIRAL

These archive videos of Cork will get you all nostalgic

RTÉ’s archive footage on their website is a real treasure trove of nostalgia for Irish people.

MOST READ: Quick Quiz: How well do you know your important women in history?

These are some of the most important women in history but can you recall what brought them to prominence?

TECHNOW

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— Irish Examiner Lifestyle (@IELifestyle_) June 10, 2015

MOST READ: The Grey director Joe Carnahan could helm Bad Boys 3

People still want Bad Boys 3 to be a thing, and today we're one step closer.

BUSINESS

HSBC jobs cull not expected to affect Ireland

Hopes have emerged that the Irish operations of HSBC will be unaffected by the bank’s plans to cut up to 50,000 jobs from its worldwide operations.

MOST READ: ‘Taste of Dublin’ organiser settles €120,000 tax bill

The organiser of the Taste of Dublin food festival — which takes place this weekend at Iveagh Gardens — has been named on the Revenue Commissioners’ latest quarterly defaulters list, in respect of a tax settlement totalling €120,000.

LIFESTYLE

Great journalist of his generation Nick Davies to give workshop in West Cork

Nick Davies is the journalist who broke the UK’s phone-hacking scandal, worked with Julian Assange on publishing the explosive US diplomatic cables, and blew the lid on PR’s murky relationship with journalism. He’s speaking in West Cork next month, writes Noel Baker.

SHOWBIZ