Former RTÉ broadcaster and author Liam Ó Murchú has died at the age of 86.

An all National Hunt card with little to recommend it is just about the best summing up of what’s on offer at Roscommon tonight.

Murchu struck for Shark Hanlon in the Perfect Pint Beginners Chase on day four of the Galway Festival this afternoon.

SIR DES CHAMPS proved a fortunate odds-on winner of the Grade 2 Greenmount Park Novice Chase in Limerick yesterday.

Fianna Fáil Senator Labhrás Ó Murchú has today withdrawn his name as a prospective candidate for the upcoming presidential election.

IT is sometimes quite amazing how a simple comment, or a preconceived notion, can have such a bearing on one’s behaviour.

THE presidential race has been blown wide open with Sinn Féin confirming Martin McGuinness as its candidate and David Norris announcing he will re-enter the fray.

OUT of action with a broken collar-bone since March 26, Paul Townend returned in style when registering a double on odds-on favourites Rattan and Killultagh Queen at Ballinrobe last night where trainer Willie Mullins went on to complete a treble with Bless N’ject in the bumper.

THE HSE has still not told the family of a young man who died having been in care whether they will release his file, despite seven requests to do so.