Your Wednesday evening news catch-up

An entire branch of Sinn Féin has resigned from the party after the expulsion of one of its councillors, Thousands of mourners have gathered to pay their respects at the funerals of Berkeley victims, the FAI has issued a statement this afternoon dimissing claims it accepted bribes not to injure Lionel Messia during the opening game of the Aviva Stadium. Here’s this evening’s irishexaminer.com catch-up.

Wed, 24 Jun, 2015 - 01:00

Entire SF Fermoy branch resigns from party

An entire branch of Sinn Féin has resigned from the party after the expulsion of one of its councillors.

IRELAND

LISTEN: Berkeley victims remembered at Dublin funerals

Thousands of mourners have gathered to pay their respects for a second day as two more funerals related to the Berkeley balcony collapse took place.

Gardaí knew about Fr Brendan Smyth in 1973, inquiry told

Gardaí knew about the activities of notorious paedophile priest Fr Brendan Smyth in the early 1970s, an inquiry has heard.

SPORT

FAI reject bizarre Irish player bribery claims

An Argentinian newspaper has claimed that Irish players received bribes not to injure Lionel Messi at the opening game in the Aviva Stadium in 2010, but the story has been dismissed in the strongest possible terms by the FAI.

Give clubs back captain’s call, say Tomás Mulcahy and Larry Tompkins

Tomás Mulcahy and Larry Tompkins have called on the Cork County Board to reinstate the jettisoned tradition of club champions nominating county captains.

WORLD

Woman who stabbed suspected paedophile says 'he was asking for trouble'

A woman stabbed a suspected paedophile to death in the UK then handed herself into police saying her elderly neighbour had been “asking for trouble”, a court heard today.

Neanderthal DNA discovery

DNA from a Romanian who lived in a prehistoric “dark age”, when early modern humans and Neanderthals were neighbours, is strong evidence that the two groups interbred in Europe.

ANALYSIS

Mortgage crisis resolution must balance competing interests

The mortgage system in Ireland has contrived to make strategic default a rational option for distressed borrowers to choose, writes Ross Maguire

LIFESTYLE

Adam Duritz doesn’t care if you think he’s cool or not

Adam Duritz of Counting Crows really couldn’t care less whether the music world finds him cool or not, writes Ed Power

EXAMVIRAL

Bogfit part 2: Mattie returns with a new video of Ireland’s latest fitness craze

"They’re bogfittin’ from Australia all the way down to ’Canadia’, so keep it going, keep the fires lit!"

TECHNOW

BUSINESS

Number of trips to Ireland on the increase

The total number of trips to Ireland increased by 13.4% between March and May 2015, official statistics revealed today.

Radisens secures €4.5m Commission investment

A Cork-based medical diagnostics company has added to its impressive array of endorsements which includes contracts with the European Space Agency by landing a €4.5m investment from the European Commission.

SHOWBIZ