Infrastructure minister Pedro Nunes Santos and his deputy Hugo Santos Mendes announced they were stepping down.

Juventus vice-president Pavel Nedved, a former midfielder for the club, is among those who are stepping down.

Davy’s deputy chairman Kyran McLaughlin and head of bonds Barry Nangle also resigned this morning.

Donald Trump has resigned from the Screen Actors Guild (Sag-Aftra), the union for US performers on film and TV.

Cast your minds back to 1995.

Agriculture minister George Eustice sent a letter to May today tendering his resignation.

Harris is being criticised for not briefing members of Cabinet in August, when he was first informed of possible increased costs.

May is due to address parliament today to explain her plan for Britain.

The TD left the Independent Alliance last week after a row over who should serve as a junior minister.

Deputy Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini has been asked to form a new government.

“I don’t fear exiting political office.”

The 20-year-old became the second most expensive player ever after completing a €105 million deal.

Nicholas Paget-Brown came in for sharp criticism after cancelling a council meeting on the fire last night.

Seven in 10 people want her to step down or step aside while the Charleton Tribunal investigates an alleged smear campaign against Maurice McCabe.

Jack Sheedy has resigned as Longford senior football boss.

Ger Cunningham is the new interim manager.

The former chairman’s tenure became mired in controversy over reports the office had been under surveillance.

A criminal investigation has also been launched.

Yesterday there were 563 people on trolley beds in Ireland.

Meanwhile, a Fine Gael backbencher has called on the board of Irish Water to resign.

The Italian spent three years with ‘the Old Lady’, winning three consecutive titles.

The change means Twitter’s CEO Dick Costolo wants to see direct involvement from both the company’s engineering and product teams to help improve user growth.

He’s stepping down with immediate effect, hours before the revelations were expected to appear in a Sunday newspaper.

It is believed the presenter will be moving to rival station RedFM.

“Fantasy” is how the Minister of State described claims she threatened to resign over mental health funding.

Muldoon will remain in her post until May next year.

Childers had already resigned from the parliamentary party in April but is now going to run as an independent.

The news comes in the wake of his side’s 0-23 to 1-10 defeat by Down.

Margaret Hayes and Ray MacSharry were asked by the government in 2009 to fill the roles to ensure that the bank was acting in the public interest.

Collin Brewer says he will continue to apologise for the “flippant” remarks and says he will live with “continual regret” for having made them.

The highlights of Pope Benedict XVI’s papacy, from 2005 to today.

The Scot vacates his post just a week after leading his team to an FA Cup win over Liverpool.

Minister for Justice Alan Shatter TD confirmed that Judge Heather Perrin has conveyed her resignation. It comes as she awaits sentencing for deception.

He’s hitting the headlines again today… should he stay or should he go?

Kevin Dwyer – the Fianna Fáil councillor who has been living in Australia for a year – has said that he will resign this month.

The Dubliner stepped down as president of the Melbourne Demons last night as he continues his battle against cancer.

Northern Ireland’s Mark Allen has said that World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn is ruining the game’s traditions in an attempt to boost its popularity.

The official says English rugby has hit “rock bottom” following the embarrassing leak of documents relating to their World Cup failure.