A Laois parish priest is rejecting suggestions that asylum-seekers 'sponge off the system'.
Fr Paddy Byrne was involved in a welcome event for residents of the Hibernian Direct Provision Centre in Abbeyleix yesterday.
British cyber-security company Sophos has agreed to be bought by an American private equity firm
News of the 3-point-1 billion pound deal has sent shares in the Oxfordshire-based group soaring.
Sports Direct has called for a review by UK and European regulators into the dominance of big international clothing companies.
The retailer says "must-have" brands like Adidas hold an "extremely strong bargaining position".
In the UK,
A woman who says Paul Gascoigne sexually assaulted her on a train by kissing her drunkenly on the lips says it happened "completely out of the blue".
She's also told a court the former England footballer tried to sit on her lap in August last year.
Job-seekers are being encouraged to express themselves on Twitter to increase their chances of being hired.
It comes as 70 percent of 18 to 24 year-olds feel that CVs don't allow them to show employers who the really are.
A European Commission spokesperson says she hopes there will be light at the end of the Brexit tunnel this week.
Talks are ongoing aimed at hammering out a last minute deal before the EU Council Summit on Thursday.
Protesting farmers aren't ruling out returning to picket lines as part of the ongoing beef dispute.
They clashed with representatives from Meat Industry Ireland earlier, stopping them attending a meeting of the Beef Taskforce.
A centre, opened today at Maynooth University, will co-ordinate a pan-European initiative to support researchers at risk.
InSPIREurope, is an alliance for researchers who are in jeopardy due to discrimination, persecution, suffering or violence.
Gardai investigating an alleged sexual assault in Dublin on Friday night have seized a car for forensic examination.
Officers seized the car belonging to a well known sports personality as part of their investigation.
The 96th Cadet Class have undergone their induction at the Defence Forces Training Centre at Curragh Camp
The event was attended by the Minister with Responsibility for Defence, Paul Kehoe
A large proportion of firms on the island of Ireland already feeling Brexit effects and job-seekers are being encouraged to express themselves on Twitter
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Dublin City Council splashed out €17,000 to rent metal barriers during the trial pedestrianisation of College Green this summer.
The Times Ireland edition says the local authority did so on the advice of an garda siochana.
The Law Society claims a 'highly offensive' WhatsApp group did not contain any references to any female students.
But it says the investigation is still under way and disciplinary action may follow.
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