Tuesday 11 March, 2014
Shots fired. Man down.
‘England are building a team capable of becoming No. 1 in the world,’ says Sir Clive Woodward.
Most Irish papers have lost readers, but more are reading news.
A number of media outlets reported on the trial that began in Dublin yesterday.
Journalism graduate Martin Malone said that he was given no mentoring and claimed the newspaper were using the scheme for free labour.
Real-time Editing & Design is set to close after Independent Newspapers informed them they would not be renewing their contract.
It is not clear why the move was taken as there has been little written about the country in recent days.
It’s been quite a year.
Desmond will increase his ownership from 6.4 per cent to 15 per cent as the company announced that it is to raise €40 million from investors.
On President Lincoln’s iconic speech, The Patriot-News of Harrisburg said yesterday that, “In the fullness of time, we have come to a different conclusion”.
Chairwoman of Communicorp and board member of INM and Digicel also says that her boss Denis O’Brien is “demanding” but “not ruthless”.
A Mail on Sunday reporter sneaked in to a memorial service for the British Labour Party leader’s uncle.
Take yourself back five years.
If you thought the Premier League’s obsession with self-regard had come to an end, think again.
#dontreadthedailymail has been trending on Twitter.
Figures show almost one in eight copies of the Irish Independent is not actively purchased, as paper sales fall across the board.
The pop impresario said that he still reads newspapers – but he wonders if what is in them is true.
Community reporting at its finest.
Former Daily Star chief executive and capital firm Key Capital plan to invest €1.2 million in the ailing newspaper.
Journalist Nick Parker faces three counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct over alleged payments to a prison officer and police officer.
Glorious, glorious mistakes.
Pat Rabbitte says the replacement for the TV licence needs to ensure minimal standards for RTÉ, and can’t save other media.
Labour TD Anne Ferris says a Sunday Independent article ‘revealing’ her beliefs about abortion is irrelevant because she has gone on public record expressing her pro-choice beliefs.
A Sunday newspaper published transcripts from taped conversations between Anne Ferris and another Labour TD regarding their views on abortion legislation – but Ferris says the supposed ‘sting’ adds nothing new to her public position on the matter.
What would we do without stories involving ‘poo thieves’?
Until now, family court proceedings have been heard ‘in camera’ but new legislation will bring more transparency – and more confidence – to the system, writes solicitor Emma Heron.
In its subhead, the Daily Mirror asks: “So should she really be given a ceremonial funeral like Princess Diana?”
Burmese law will change from tomorrow – ending a regime where only state-run papers were allowed to issue daily editions.
Mick McAteer of Grant Thornton is tasked with finding a viable business plan for the paper, which employs 76 people.
The newspaper will apply to the courts for examinership later today.
The 125-year-old offshoot of the defunct New York Herald Tribune will be rechristened sometime this fall as the ‘International New York Times’.
Every national title recorded a drop in its average circulation, though some fared better than others.
As there are no trial juries in South Africa, papers are not fearful of prejudicing proceedings.
The volume of retail sales fell by 0.1 per cent in December but figures show an increase when motor trades are excluded.
The story of how Kerry County Council voted for a plan to allow rural drivers to have ‘two or three drinks’ has made a lot of headlines today. Here’s just a sample.
Breaking via The Mire wire: Tinfoil hats to protect against interweb; abortion floodgates ‘like Guinness at The Gathering’; James Reilly a mystery to the Troika.
We should be over our outrage at petty jibes by now, writes John Verling. Both countries have grown up.
Breaking via The Mire wire: Employed people get the Pat Kenny jitters; newspapers to save the interweb; Irish people want to be Swiss.
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
Labour TD Seán Kenny is asking the National Newspapers of Ireland (NNI) to appear before an Oireachtas committee to explain its stance on linking.
A SCHEME FOR people to check with police if their partner has a history of domestic violence has been introduced across England and Wales.
The scheme follows a long campaign by the family of Clare Wood, a 36-year-old woman who was murdered by her ex-partner in Manchester.
There are now calls for the scheme to be replicated in Ireland, but what do you think?
Today’s poll, Should Ireland have a domestic violence register?
Poll Results:
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