Your Wednesday morning news round-up

TOP STORY

Senior opposition politicians said the failures at Permanent TSB that led to mortgage customers losing their homes and saw financial hardship inflicted on many others has once again put the spotlight on soft controls over the banking industry here.
IRELAND

Some 210 cases of alleged child sex abuse in schools are eligible for compensation under a Department of Education scheme.

With a price tag of €30m-plus, Cork City’s Clarion Hotel is the most valuable Irish hotel outside of Dublin to come to the open market since the economic downturn.

A row has erupted in one of Ireland’s best-known tourist villages over plans to mark its 250th birthday.
SPORT

Cork football manager Brian Cuthbert will not seek re-appointment for a third year at the helm following last weekend’s championship exit at the hands of Kildare.

Legendary American college football coach Nick Saban once said: “Championship teams have to be resilient. No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity”.

Ciara Neville won gold yesterday in the 100m final at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Tbilisi, Georgia.
WORLD

Walter Palmer, still being sought in connection with Cecil’s death, is facing calls for his business to be boycotted.

A northern New York prison worker has admitted to smuggling hacksaw blades in frozen hamburger meat to two killers who later broke out and spent more than two weeks on the run.
ANALYSIS

Irish Water has run from one controversy to another but now things have got a whole lot worse, writes political reporter Juno McEnroe.
LIFESTYLE

Girls just don’t need a boy, they also want new friends to have a laugh with, says Paula Burns, as she checks out a Facebook page organising days and nights out for women.
EXAMVIRAL
You may think that the life of a writer is all head-in-the-clouds, moody walks to pin down the plot, and the occasional cheery book signing.

The US edition of Cosmopolitan decided to give three men an insight into what their girlfriends experience when they walk down the streets of New York by themselves.
TECHNOW
GAMING
MOVIES
TECH
BUSINESS

Twitter has failed to add users at a quick enough pace for investors in the second quarter, even as revenue grew sharply.

An online payments start-up founded by Limerick brothers Patrick and John Collison is continuing its rapid Silicon Valley ascent with another round of funding that values the company at $5 billion (€4.52bn).
SHOWBIZ
It is one of the most famous scenes in modern movie history and now film fans can bid for the outfit worn by Tom Cruise when his character was suspended from the ceiling in an audacious heist in Mission: Impossible.
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Walter Palmer, still being sought in connection with Cecil’s death, is facing calls for his business to be boycotted.