Hi,
Persoanlly I perfer to read RTE news (Ireland's number one broadcasting system) and also I can watch the news there with Real Player. For sports I mostly check Sky Sports 'cas I'm a big soccer fan.
In regards to students, I used to use Yahoo News and go to the Odd news. That's the one with interesting stories. I copy that and then edit it to suit my students level. I do it with the students then and they can learn new words and discuss the article afterwards. It's a bit of work, rather than buying a specific newspaper style book but it depends on your students' level.
BTW, isn't Jason Byrne a famous Irish comedian?
