RUSSELL Brand may have sworn himself to monogamy, but he was every inch the lothario at the Irish premiere of his new movie last night.

The 35-year-old comic, who is set to marry singer Katy Perry later this year, flirted outrageously with female fans outside the Savoy in Dublin city centre last night. More >

Ebrahim Rahimpour, the Iranian Ambassador to Ireland (June 16th), states that the Iranians who protested at a meeting addressed by the Iranian foreign minister in Dublin did so “with the purpose of gaining refugee status in Ireland”.

Mr Rahimpour could not have known the status or the motives of the protesters beyond the public statements which they made and therefore his statement is without substance.

Dublin manager Pat Gilroy has named a new-look starting line-up for the Leinster SFC clash against Wexford on Sunday.

Five players have been handed Championship debuts for the Metropolitans’ Croke Park engagement.

The full-back line has been completely overhauled and includes Mick Fitzsimons, Philly McMahon and Rory O’Carroll.

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Jones and co travel to Ireland to face 2008 Magners League champs Leinster having finished as runners up to the Dubliners in the end-of-regular-season standings.

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Trading activity at Dublin Port rose for the fifth month in a row in April, new figures showed today.

Dublin Port Company said throughput rose 5.4 per cent for the month compared to a year earlier to 2.33 million tonnes. Growth was driven by exports, which were up 13.5 per cent on April last year at 940,886 million tonnes, and imports were up 0.6 per cent to 1.39 million tonnes.

Manchester United will play a pre-season friendly match against an Airtricity League XI on Wednesday 4 August at the Aviva stadium in Dublin, it has been confirmed.

Manager Alex Ferguson says he is “really looking forward to going back to Dublin” for the first time since 2002 for a friendly match with Shelbourne, which United won 5-0. More >

Travellers catching flights to Dublin later this year will be among the first to experience a new terminal at the city’s international airport.

The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) announced that the facility is scheduled to host its first passengers in October as part of a testing process.

Property consulting group CB Richard Ellis has said vacancies in Dublin’s office market fell in the first three months of this year for the first time in two years.

CBRE said take-up of office space continued to rise, while the amount of new space coming on to the market was limited.