TRAFFICKING in women and children for sexual exploitation is one of the most serious human rights violations in today’s world. This commerce in people is on the increase across Europe as organised crime expands and becomes more profitable.

THE GAA will pocket over 30m euro from this year's football and hurling championships in another bumper season for the organisation.

COMPANIES doing business in the developing world spend nearly €800 billion a year bribing officials and politicians — 20 times more than the current spend on international aid.

A NURSE who blew the whistle on a colleague she believed was stealing morphine from seriously ill patients claims the wrongdoer was protected by “higher-ups” and is still practising.

WEST HAM boss Alan Pardew was faced with a mounting FA Cup final headache after injuries to two star men tarnished his side’s win at doomed West Brom.

Former Ireland under-21 player Kevin O'Connor is reported to have been named as the National Lottery's Christmas Millionaire Raffle winner.

The pressure on Stoke boss Mark Hughes increased as Ayoze Perez’s second-half strike secured Newcastle a 1-0 New Year’s Day victory at the bet365 Stadium.

Leicester Tigers started their European Champions Cup campaign with a 22-18 defeat to French giants Racing 92.

A 1-1 draw in the Merseyside derby left Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp raging and Wayne Rooney elated after the Everton striker scored his first in the fixture for his boyhood club.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has been urged to condemn “racist” comments made by a Fine Gael councillor

David Moyes' men were left mired in relegation trouble after spurning a series of chances against Burnley.

Manchester City ... 0, Stoke ... 0: Stoke frustrated Manchester City as they held out for a goalless draw in their rearranged Premier League clash at the Etihad Stadium.

The 35-year-old Republic of Ireland international is a veteran of the club's increasingly remarkable fightbacks.

The Kerry manager enjoyed “a celebratory bag of chips” after the match.

Only one Littlewoods Ireland Camogie League Division 1 game survived the deluge that played havoc with sporting events throughout the country today.

A mother who had fostered a child for more than 10 years was falsely accused by the HSE of facilitating his access to pornography in the family home, an investigation by the Irish Examiner has learned.

Sunderland have appealed Stephane Sessegnon’s red card against Aston Villa and his case will be heard by an independent regulatory commission tomorrow, the Football Association has announced.

Bradley Manning goes on trial today more than three years after he was arrested in Iraq and charged in the biggest leak of classified information in US history.

Thousands of fans streamed out of the stadium on Saturday evening before the end of the third round tie

Fresh accusations of garda malpractice - including that officers directed informants to carry out robberies - have been made in the Dáil, writes Elaine Loughlin of the Irish Examiner.