Nadia Eweida took the airline to a tribunal after they told her she couldn't wear visible items of jewellery.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled she had been discriminated against under freedom of religion legislation.

Three other claimants lost their cases including nurse Shirley Caplin who has worn a cross around her neck for the past 30 years.

Tech-experts have taken a bite out of Apple suggesting its reign over the smartphone market faces an uncertain future.

Apple's share price has slipped below $500 for the first time in 11 months following reports of a cut in orders for the iPhone 5.

It comes as electronics giant Samsung reported global sales of its Galaxy S smartphone series have now passed 100 million.

The number of Facebook users in Ireland grew by more than 127,000 in the last 6 months.

2.25 million Irish people now use the site - that's nearly half or 48.7% of the country's population. 

Figures from the social media monitoring site socialbakers.com, show that the top Irish pages on the Facebook are U2, the Script and the Cranberries.

Meanwhile, Facebook fatigue could be hitting in Britain.

Around 600,000 British users failed to log on last month, indicating a dip in interest.

33 million people in Britain have a Facebook account.