Full coverage: Donegal

The presenter of RTÉ Radio 1's The Business keeps a low profile but has one of the biggest audiences in the country. At home in Donegal, he talks in depth about landing scoops, coping with sadnesses, the Larry Goodman interview that got away, and more.

What began as a small, singular pub in Donegal town is now a multi-million-euro international enterprise boasting the world’s largest Irish pub – all led by local rallying royalty.

The GAA’s disciplinary process has long been a source of ridicule. And despite everything, the suspicion still lingers that a suspension is not a punishment, but the opening move in a negotiation.

A technical dispute between experts put a handbrake on testing samples from a Donegal quarry, alleged to be the source of defective blocks affecting thousands of homes and stalling the progress of pathfinder cases for over 2,500 lawsuits.

Two years ago, clients of Cantor Fitgerald who had invested in a protein ingredients business risked losing their funds. Now a major raw material supplier has come to the rescue.

Last Sunday's Kerry All-Ireland victory was was a 15-man demonstration of everything that is possible in modern Gaelic football.

The first All-Ireland final of the new era may well define the era. Chaos has been injected into Gaelic football this year, but will systems triumph over talent as Donegal take on Kerry in Croke Park on Sunday?

Both Irish and international experts have warned for over two years that pyrrhotite and not mica is the key culprit behind the crisis. Full demolition, they say, is now the only real option for homeowners.

New tender documents indicate 500 houses will be tested over the next eight months across five districts in the county. It is also setting its own standards for new social builds amid concerns national standards are flawed.

In May, 12 licences for oyster and clam farming in the Ballyness Bay were granted by the State in a long-running saga over the future of the protected inlet. The next chapter will play out in the High Court.