LUNCHTIME BULLETIN: McAleese calls for inquiry into child abuse allegations against priest; Up to 50 dead after Kathmandu plane crash
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Former president Mary McAleese has called for an inquiry into child abuse allegations against Malachy Finnegan, former president of St Colman's Grammar School in Newry, Co Down.
Just seven abortions have been carried out in Ireland because of a risk of suicide since the law changed in 2013, the Irish Examiner can reveal.
No talks are under way with the manufacturer of a drug that threw a lifeline to patients with genetic emphysema, despite a commitment from the health minister to the family of a woman who died while the drug was withheld.
Dozens of people have been killed after a passenger plane carrying 71 people from Bangladesh crashed and burst into flames as it landed in Kathmandu, Nepal's capital.
A friend rang me the other day. Spitting teeth, she was, with fury. Reasonably famous, this friend, never mind in what sector of Irish life, but reasonably famous, writes Terry Prone.
International hotel chain, Vienna House, is considering a move into the Irish market. It is taking on alternative accommodation providers, such as Airbnb.
Jamie Carragher has said he will "apologise again properly" over a spitting incident which has left him facing talks with his Sky Sports bosses.
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For the very first time, Dublin’s St. Patrick’s Festival has appointed an International Guest of Honour: Luke Skywalker himself, Mark Hamill.
Domhnall Gleeson hopped at the chance to play a part in the new Peter Rabbit film
Nuala Wolfe meets some of the people involved in solving our power needs as Ireland begins to move to a low-carbon economy.
