Your Thursday lunchtime news catch-up

Banking inquiry will not publish David Drumm's statement; Heartbreak and joy side by side after dramatic last-second GAA victory; Investigators 'confident' debris on island is missing plane's wing; Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May on why they signed with Amazon. Here’s today’s lunchtime irishexaminer.com round-up.

Thu, 30 Jul, 2015 - 01:00

TOP STORY

Banking inquiry will not publish David Drumm's statement

The Banking Inquiry has suspended its plans to publish David Drumm's written statement, it's been confirmed.

IRELAND

Gardaí make arrest in hit-and-run case from 2012

Gardaí investigating a fatal hit-and-run in Kerry three years ago have made an arrest.

93% of rented homes in Cork fail living standard inspections

The number of privately rented houses which failed living standard inspections in Co Cork has been described as “scandalous”.

Mystery over small coffin dug up by gardaí in Donegal

Mystery surrounds the exhumation yesterday of what was first believed to be the remains of a child from a Donegal graveyard.

SPORT

Kildare a real danger to Kerry, insists Eamonn Fitzmaurice

We can thank US sport for “The Big Mo”. Kildare have it and Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice is well aware of it as Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final joust with the Lilywhites in Croke Park looms.

VIDEO: Heartbreak and joy side by side after dramatic last-second GAA victory

This year’s South Tipperary under-14A football final was the setting for a classic sporting moment of joy for one side and devastation for the other.

Paul Kerrigan: Cork defeat ‘embarrassing’

Cork footballer Paul Kerrigan admits he was embarrassed and disheartened by what he describes as an “horrific” championship exit to Kildare.

WORLD

50 priests in England and Wales defrocked over sex abuse since 2001

More than 50 priests in England and Wales have been defrocked for clerical sex abuse since 2001, new figures show.

Investigators 'confident' debris on island is missing plane's wing

Air safety investigators have a “high degree of confidence” that a photo of aircraft debris found in the Indian Ocean shows a Boeing 777 wing component, the same model as the Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared last year.

ANALYSIS

Government has simply poured money down the drain

Ministers must know the game is up and that the ruling by Eurostat has completely removed the rationale for Irish Water and water charges, writes Michael Taft.

LIFESTYLE

Women are now funnier than men

With female comedians taking centre stage, it’s like women have finally crossed a frontier that eluded them for generations, says Ed Power.

EXAMVIRAL

PIC: JCPenney employee sent home for wearing shorts she bought at JCPenney

Sylva Stole, a now former JCPenney employee, showed up to work wearing a pair of red shorts she purchased from the career section at JCPenney. She was asked by her boss to go home and change.

VIDEO: Baby elephant chases birds around and it’s the happiest thing ever

It’s hasn’t been a great week for news from the animal kingdom so we all need a reminder that it’s not all bad.

TECHNOW

GAMING

#VIDEO Here are the #PlayStation Plus games for August http://t.co/GGHto2dy4e (PSR) #Gaming pic.twitter.com/wkddNZdfAy
— Irish Examiner Lifestyle (@IELifestyle_) July 30, 2015

First Pic - Irish lads #JamieDornan and #CillianMurphy in #Anthropoid http://t.co/CYbP5FTlUA (PSR) pic.twitter.com/rHEEUcHzyO
— Irish Examiner Lifestyle (@IELifestyle_) July 30, 2015

#Apple and #Huawei close the gap on #Samsung http://t.co/hBShFHmyR1 (PSR) #Tech pic.twitter.com/7gKmtZLozi
— Irish Examiner Lifestyle (@IELifestyle_) July 30, 2015

BUSINESS

Tech firms ‘have an edge’

Irish technology firms have a number of key advantages that could see them outlast competitors in the US and further afield, new research suggests.

Irish economy back at 2007 size, CSO figures show

The Irish economy grew faster than expected last year, according to official figures from the CSO - and is now at pre-financial crisis size.

SHOWBIZ

Ex-Top Gear trio Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May on why they signed with Amazon

Ex-Top Gear trio Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May on why they signed with Amazon http://t.co/NZNkEJNa0x pic.twitter.com/WLwjXjMCwO
— Irish Examiner Arts & Culture (@IEArtsCulture) July 30, 2015

Former Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May have signed a deal for a new motoring show with Amazon.