Ciaran Mullooly

Agent Noel Kelly bounces back after Tubridy controversy

Plus: Irish Catholic podcast believes the pope is a very naughty boy; JP McManus’s road woes; and Ciaran Mullooly’s new adviser in Brussels

Senior counsel behind debt advisory group snaps up gorgeous Georgian mansion

Plus: Mary Hanafin called to the Bar, Danny Healy-Rae’s quarry quarrel, and Damo and Ivor’s pigeon pursuits

First week of school: New Irish MEPs find their feet in European Parliament

Irish MEPs sitting in centre coalition among the few to publicly break ranks to oppose Ursula von der Leyen

European Election: Mick Wallace loses out as Kathleen Funchion (SF), Michael McNamara (Ind) and Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (FF) win final seats in Ireland South

Election results: Barry Cowen expected to be elected alongside Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan as Midlands-North-West counting continues

European election results: Who is still in line for a seat and where will the transfers flow?

Slow race towards European Parliament restarts this morning as counts in Dublin, Midlands-North-West and Ireland South resume

At least €423,000 spent on online advertising for political parties and candidates in lead-up to polling day

Sinn Féin spent €166,800 with Meta and Google, with Fine Gael’s online advertising costing €75,900 and Fianna Fáil spending €74,900 over three months

Kieran Cuddihy is far better at landing punches than punchlines, which is bad news for Stephen Donnelly

Radio: Newstalk presenter mercifully ditches the flat gags, subjecting the Minister for Health to an onslaught

‘Celebrity’ election candidates: On the campaign trail with Ciaran Mullooly, Nina Carberry and Cynthia Ní Mhurchú

Mullooly and Carberry are contesting the European elections in Midlands-North-West, Mhurchú in the South constituency

European election Midlands-North-West debate: Migration a heated topic, but winning candidates hard to pick

Live debate on RTE Upfront features Peter Casey, Barry Cowen, Luke Ming Flanagan, Saoirse McHugh, Chris MacManus, Pauline O’Reilly. Peadar Tóibín and Maria Walsh

RTÉ midlands correspondent Ciarán Mullooly to retire

Journalist to take voluntary redundancy package to pursue ‘new chapter’

Athlone to get €7.5m national science centre

Marconi Centre will have capacity for 100,000 visitors per year

‘We would be quite happy to have RTÉ relocated to Athlone’

And other nuggets from this week’s Seanad’s debate on broadcasting

Angling Notes: Putting Lanesborough back on the international stage

Reconstruction of St Mel’s in Longford documented by RTÉ

‘The Longford Phoenix’ airs on Tuesday, tracing the €30m rebuild of Cathedral