Friday morning briefing: The Garda Strike is off. Catch up on all the headlines
IRELAND
The Garda Strike is off. The GRA and the AGSI have both called off their threatened industrial action following intensive negotiations with the Labour Court.
Education Minister Richard Bruton has defended his efforts to prevent industrial action shutting hundreds of schools indefinitely, in response to criticism in the Dáil.
Olympic hero Rob Heffernan has spoken about how his career hung in the balance after a doping test conducted moments after he woke from hip surgery produced an adverse result.
The Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) executive committee was “deeply divided” over its decision to defer its review into the Rio ticketing scandal, the Irish Examiner has learned.
WORLD
Donald Trump has said a cloud of investigation would follow a victorious Hillary Clinton into the White House, evoking the bitter impeachment battle of the 1990s in a closing campaign argument meant to bring wayward Republican voters home.
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock all day, you’ll have heard the latest Brexit development…Let’s take a closer look at what exactly happened and what we can expect to happen next.
Police and authorities have begun clearing out hundreds of migrants camped out on pavements in northern Paris, in a camp that has grown into a new challenge for the French government.
Iraqi special forces say they have entered more urban neighbourhoods of Mosul from its easternmost district in its latest push to drive Islamic State fighters from the city.
SPORT
At some point between his fourth place finish on London’s Mall and the couple of quite drinks he enjoyed in Bag O’Nail’s on the evening of August 11, 2012, Athletics Ireland team manager Patsy McGonagle turned to Rob Heffernan and issued the now prophetic words, ‘this ain’t over’.
Not for the first time, rugby will keep Niall Ronan out of Gaelic football’s clutches this weekend.
Tipperary manager Liam Kearns has expressed disappointment with the Premier County’s failure to secure two All-Star awards.
Joe Schmidt may not believe in omens but in a week of sporting romance in the city of Chicago he would love to borrow a little of the Cubs’ stardust to end Ireland’s 111-year wait for a victory over New Zealand.
OPINION
Stella O’Leary can be best described as a modern Irish patriot. Having supported Bill Clinton, she has since backed Hillary Clinton on her journey from the senate to the brink of the White House.
Max Abelson, Jesse Drucker and Zachary R Mide report on the monument to vanity that is Trump Tower, a place to which he retreated after molestation claims by several women and which he may not even leave if he somehow wins the presidency
BUSINESS
The schedule for the start of the Government-subsidised National Broadband Plan may slip further, as complex talks between operators and the Department of Communications about the nature of the tenders continues, the Eir chief executive has said.
This has been “an exceptional year” for the five-star Ashford Castle hotel, with earnings and revenues likely to increase significantly from 2015.
LIFESTYLE
Jared Harris tells about starring in major new Netflix series The Crown, and wondering what his republican father, Richard Harris, would have made of it all.
SHOWBIZ
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Our Girl star Michelle Keegan has revealed she was more concerned about her father seeing her act in sex scenes than her husband, Mark Wright.
VIRAL
Coláiste Lurgan is fairly well known in the Irish music scene for their trendy as Gaeilge takes of track songs and here is another remake that will have you practising your cupla focail!
VIDEO - OUR CHOICE
Ireland’s latest Olympic hero said he hopes the presentation of his bronze medal in his native city last night four years after the London Olympics will inspire a new generation of Irish athletes.
TECHNOW
: Pokemon Go launched in a massive way but developers Niantic Games seemed to get so snowed under keeping the game afloat that they didn't have time to add new features.
: After 20 years we had pretty much given up on ever seeing a sequel to Trainspotting, well its a real thing and the full trailer is here.
: OnePlus has been busy. Not content to corner the market on affordable high spec phones, they've also just launched a new range of fancy products.
MOST READ RIGHT NOW
A man died from a cardiac arrest after spending almost 10 hours on a trolley in the emergency department of one of the country’s busiest hospitals, an inquest heard.
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