The search for a professor at Trinity College Dublin, who was been reported missing while descending Mount Everest after reaching the peak of the world's highest mountain for the first time, has been called off for the day. Read morehere.
Education authorities have appointed external accountants to monitor spending at the Institute of Technology Tralee amid growing concern over financial deficits. Read more here.
To say the reception to the final season of Game of Thrones has been a mixed bag would be an understatement. More than 750,000 have signed a petition for a Game of Thrones season eight remake. Read more here.
Hailo arrived on our shores in 2012. It was billed as a simple app that allowed you to book a taxi using your smartphone and pay using your bank card. Success in Ireland and new €5 cancellation fee point to winner-takes-all capitalism. Read more here.
There wasn't much good news for tenants in Monday's report from Daft.ie on the state of the rental market, and the situation might actually even be worse than the report suggests. Read more here.
Grumpy Cat, the ubiquitous internet celebrity whose permanent scowl spoke for all of us in our darkest moments, died in the arms of her "mommy" on Tuesday, her family said on Friday. She was seven. Read more here.
A hearty surge of affection shot around Cannes on Thursday night as Elton John, wearing heart-shaped glasses, ascended the steps for the premiere of Dexter Fletcher's Rocketman. There was also some concern. If it went badly Elton might well throw one of his famous strops. Donald Clarke reports.
A scheme similar to the European Erasmus programme will facilitate up to 175 students who wish to spend a semester studying in the Gaeltacht. Read more here.
