Department of Finance blocks Quinn-Anglo deal

Sean Quinn | Photocall file photo

The Department of Finance has blocked a proposed peace deal between the Quinn family and the former Anglo Irish Bank, in the wake of the Siteserv controversy.

The Sunday Business Post reports that the Department rejected the deal.

Negotiations between the bank and the Quinn family to settle a looming €4.5bn court battle have now ended.

John Waters - The No side are being "scared into silence"

Today journalist John Waters joined Shane Coleman on the Sunday Show to discuss his opposition to the same-sex marriage referendum and the launch of his new group First Families First.

The differences between civil partnership and marriage

Dr Fergus Ryan, Lecturer in Family Law at NUI Maynooth, spoke to Dil on this week's Global Village about some of the differences between the two.

"I think the critical difference is the lack of constitutional protection - that no matter how many rights you have in legislation, the Constitution doesn't recognise civil partnership in the way that it recognises marriage," Dr Ryan explained.

Tributes paid to motorcyclist who died following crash in Co Clare

Tributes are being paid to Aidan Lynam who lost his life in a motorcycle crash in Clare today.

Mr Lynam, who was in his early 40s, was airlifted to University Hospital Limerick after sustaining critical injuries when his motorcycle collided with a car on the Kilrush Road (N67) near Kilkee earlier today.

However he was later pronounced dead.

GALLERY: Can you spot the bodypainters hiding in plain sight?

Each of these photos features a human body painted to blend into the scene, but can you find them all?