Ireland scrap South Africa plan

Ireland have shelved plans to play South Africa at a neutral “non-traditional” venue in November after running out of time.

Sack for teacher sent home 'in disgrace' from school trip

A TEACHER at one of Scotland's leading fee-paying schools, sent home in apparent disgrace from a student expedition to East Africa, has now been sacked.

Only way is up for vibrant St Pat's

Their 47-year wait for an away victory in Europe over, Dublin side St Patrick's Athletic FC travel to face Hertha BSC Berlin in the UEFA Cup as underdogs but with the ambition to pull off a "phenomenal" upset.

Another UK tour operator goes bust

A second British tour operator has gone bust days after the collapse of XL Leisure sent the travel industry into turmoil, the aviation regulator confirmed today.

XL collapse sees rivals prosper on FTSE

The collapse of a rival operator buoyed holiday giants TUI Travel and Thomas Cook today as the FTSE 100 Index surged nearly 2% in the final session of the week.

Du Toit Wins 4th Gold At Paralympics

Natalie Du Toit of South Africa won her fourth gold medal in swimming
at the Beijing Paralympics, taking the 400-meter freestyle on Friday in
a world-record time for her disability group.

XL travel rivals see shares rise on FTSE

UK holiday giants TUI Travel and Thomas Cook were experiencing strong gains today as investors digested the collapse of rival operator XL.

More tour operators expected to go under

The collapse of tour operator XL is the latest blow to the UK air travel industry, which has endured a torrid summer with a number of companies closing down.

Pizza sales up as diners stay at home

Cash-strapped consumers are shunning restaurant meals and ordering takeaways at home, Domino’s Pizza said today as it forecast better than expected full-year profits.

No Irish stores affected by planned M&S closures

Marks & Spencer has confirmed that no Irish stores will be among the 27 that the retailer is planning to close in response to a fall in sales.

M&S stocks up despite dismal sales figures

Retailer Marks & Spencer’s shares rose almost 6% today despite its worse sales performance for nearly a decade.

Barclays to axe 400 IT jobs in the UK

Banking giant Barclays is to axe 400 jobs in its IT departments after a review of its operations, it was announced today.

M&S food store closure costs 37 jobs in North

The Marks & Spencer Simply Food store in Newtownards is facing closure with the loss of 37 jobs, it was announced today.

FTSE rally comes to abrupt end

The six-day rally on the FTSE 100 Index was brought to an abrupt end today as falling commodity stocks put pressure on miners and oil majors.

Little movement for ISEQ

The ISEQ index of Irish shares closed at 2, 621.56 this evening, an increase of just 41 points or 0.02%.

Poor showing for Dow

A warning from tech giant Intel about poor business conditions and more evidence of rising unemployment left US stocks with their biggest losses in a month today.

NHL Suspends Ruutu 2 Games For On-Ice Bite

Ottawa Senators forward Jarkko Ruutu has been suspended by the NHL for
two games without pay for biting Buffalo Sabres enforcer Andrew Peters.

BC Fires Jagodzinski After Coach Meets With Jets

Boston College fired Jeff Jagodzinski on Wednesday, days after he was
warned of dismissal if he interviewed for the coaching job with the New
York Jets.