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Bookmaker Paddy Power said it was accelerating its investment to expand its business as the group reported 28 per cent growth in revenue to date.

US plans for a possible military strike on Iran are ready and the option is „fully available”, the US ambassador to Israel said, days before Tehran resumes talks with world powers which suspect it of seeking to develop nuclear arms.

Two people have been arrested in Dublin after an improvised explosive device was thrown from a car last night.

Insurer Aviva said the search for a new chief executive would take the rest of the year as it reported a 5 per cent drop in life insurance sales, reflecting tough conditions in its key European markets.

Asian shares recovered some ground today from the previous day’s sell-off, but investors found little reason to chase risk amid deepening turmoil in Greece and fears of contagion to other stressed euro zone economies.

Revenue at UTV Media’s Irish radio division turned positive in the first fourth months of the year, but foreign exchange movements had a negative impact on figures, the group said today.

A report by the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) into the safety of care provided to patients requiring emergency admission at Tallaght hospital is to be published today.

The trial of Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic, accused of overseeing some of the worst atrocities in Europe since the second World War, continues in The Hague today.

A decision by a High Court Taxing Master to reduce the fees of the solicitor who acted for Fr Kevin Reynolds by almost 70 per cent is likely to set an important precedent for future decisions on legal costs.

A senior judge has been appointed caretaker prime minister of Greece amid anxiety that the unyielding political turmoil in the country could prompt a run on its banks.

Samsung Electronics today unveiled a new top-of-the-range Galaxy S3 smartphone model that updates the most direct rival to Apple’s iPhone with a larger touch screen and more powerful processor.

The cancer drug Ipilimumab will be made available to patients who have a particularly deadly form of malignant melanoma, the Department of Health announced tonight.

A Co Tipperary school project promoting clean energy to help the environment and the economy received the national One Good Idea award today.

The group representing some 4,500 non-Dublin publicans has described a No vote in the upcoming fiscal treaty referendum as “dangerous” and has called for a Yes vote.

Cardinal Seán Brady has come under increasing pressure to resign following renewed allegations concerning his role in an inquiry into allegations of clerical abuse by the paedophile priest Fr Brendan Smyth.

Osama bin Laden was urged by a fellow leading al-Qaeda member to send a message to the Irish people persuading them to support Islam.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny warned today the fiscal treaty referendum would form a major part of the country’s “recovery story”.

Soccer:Poland coach Franciszek Smuda unexpectedly called up young strikers Artur Sobiech of Hanover 96 and Legia Warsaw’s Michal Kucharczyk in a provisional 26-man squad on Wednesday for Euro 2012.

There was good news for most of RTÉ’s leading presenters in the latest radio listenership figures released this evening with strong surges for Marian Finucane, Miriam O’Callaghan, Playback’s Marian Richardson and George Lee.

Soccer:Stephen Ward is putting a painful campaign behind him and focusing on Poland, where he and, quite possibly, three of his relegated Wolves clubmates are intent on ending the season on a high.