More than a dozen settlements have been made by the Spiritans congregation in the last year after civil cases were filed in the High Court over alleged sexual abuse in its fee-paying schools.
Seven journalists from the Irish and Sunday Independents have been shortlisted for the prestigious UCD Smurfit School Business Journalist Awards, alongside peers from The Irish Times, Business Post, BBC Northern Ireland and other media outlets.
In June 2006, former Ireland hockey international Catriona Carey stepped on to the property ladder by buying a house in Rochfort Manor estate in Co Laois.
The Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI) has warned that hundreds of businesses are barely breaking even and expects many more closures to be announced in the coming months.