Racing took a back seat in Galway yesterday as folk with a passion for fashion flocked to Ballybrit.

The cinema gunman’s escape plan was thwarted by police officers who arrived almost immediately; a Dublin man fraudulently claimed almost €30,000 in benefits for three years when he was living in Lanzarote; Katie Taylor has responded to the views of Billy Joe Saunders who said women should not be boxing, but "are there for sex". Here’s this evening’s irishexaminer.com round-up.

A gunman opened fire at a cinema in Louisiana, killing two people and injuring at least seven others before fatally shooting himself; Hiqa has identified a number of areas of non-compliance at a hospital in Cork; Katie Taylor has responded to Billy Joe Saunders who said women "are there for sex"; and two lads pull off the most epic photobomb live on SkyNews. Here’s today’s lunchtime irishexaminer.com round-up.

The HSE’s apology to the parents of Alex Butler was not sincere, writes Catherine Shanahan

A mother and father who waited eight years for an apology from the State for the injuries caused to their daughter at birth were forced to listen to experts argue about how long she might live in an effort to secure a final settlement.

A 10-year-old girl who is tetraplegic after injuries she received at birth in Waterford Regional Hospital has settled her action against the HSE for €9m.

Cork claimed the throne as the new Kings of Ballybrit as the Mick Winters-trained Missunited romped home to make it back-to back Galway Hurdles for the rebel county.

THERE are many unfortunate children who make headlines for all the wrong reasons, the best bits of childhood stolen through some tragic mishap at birth.

Lifting his eight-year-old daughter doesn’t knock a feather out of John Butler, but why would it when she weighs just two-and-a-half stone.

Waterford Regional Hospital apologised to an 8-year-old girl who has been left tetraplegic as a result of injuries received at her birth.

Waterford Regional Hospital has apologised to an eight-year-old girl with quadriplegia and cerebral palsy for injuries she received at her birth.

David Walsh’s last face-to-face meeting with disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong tells you all you need to know about the Irishman’s uncompromising style.

SIX competition rowing boats worth a total of €32,000 were used as firewood on a Good Friday bonfire by a group of youths drinking by the River Lee.