Golf – KLM Open update:Damien McGrane remains firmly in touch at the midway point of the KLM Open at Hilversum where he is three shots off the overnight lead held by India's Shiv Kapur and Belgium's Nicolas Colsaerts.
President Mary McAleese has criticised lawyers, economists and regulators for their role in the economic crisis and said professionals must be “hard-wired to behave ethically”.
A weekend of music, sport, theatre and comedy is promised over the coming days with the inaugural Temple House Festival in Sligo, Magners League action at the RDS and the Dublin Fringe Festival among the events taking place.
Rugby:Ospreys have had four points reinstated in the Magners League after an independent Celtic Rugby Disciplinary Appeal Committee met in London this week to rule on the club’s failure to fulfil a fixture against Ulster last season.
The pastor of a small Florida church who faces pressure from US leaders and anger from Muslims worldwide said today he did not plan to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11th attacks.
Jailed drug dealer John Gilligan will have to face the outcome of a charge of unlawfully having had a mobile phone in his prison cell, a High Court judge decided today.
Hundreds of sex abuse victims have come forward in Belgium with harrowing accounts of molestation by Catholic clergy that reportedly led to at least 13 suicides, according to a church investigator.
Minister for Education Mary Coughlan said today there are no immediate plans to include former residents of the Bethany Home in the redress scheme for victims of institutional abuse.
Arsenal (2) v Bolton (5):Arsenal will be without defender Thomas Vermaelen (Achilles) but will have midfielder Samir Nasri available again following knee surgery.
Rugby:Wales star Gavin Henson has been told “the door remains open” for him to resume his rugby career with the Ospreys. Henson has not played since entering a self-imposed exile 18 months ago after suffering the latest of several injury setbacks.
Chinese pilots who had lied about their flying experience have been allowed to return to work after they took remedial action to make up their hours, according to the country's aviation watchdog.
The splitting of Anglo Irish Bank into a funding bank and an asset recovery unit could be done by the end of the year, chief executive Mike Aynsley said today.
Soccer: Serie A players announced plans to strike during matches on September 25th and 26th because of a dispute over contracts, throwing Italian soccer into further disarray.
Incubator Bank of Japan declared bankruptcy today, triggering the government's 10 million yen (€93,600) government deposit insurance cap for the first time in 40 years.
The National Asset Management Agency is in “advanced discussions” on the disposal of about €500 million worth of properties, chief executive Brendan McDonagh said today.
Average weekly earnings fell 3.8 per cent in the first quarter of the year, as the impact of the cuts announced in last December's Budget was reflected in public sector earnings.
