Des O’Sullivan looks ahead to a jam-packed, varied and hugely anticipated sale in Limerick this weekend.

World-renowned Irish trophy property, Adare Manor Hotel and Golf Resort, on 766 acres in Co Limerick, has gone to market this week for a price of €25-27m, via agents CBRE, acting for vendor and owner, US-based Tom Kane, who has redeveloped it over the past 27 years.

A new Festival of Traditional Irish Breeding will be held as part of the horse section at next weekend’s two day Limerick Show.

VISITORS to the weekend Limerick Show were taken on a nostalgic trip down memory lane by the organisers.

JP McManus and his family are helping many building workers get through the construction slump.

Tommy Barker says Adare Village is proving a hit with Limerick buyers.

WHEN the National Coursing Meeting in Clonmel, the biggest event in Irish Coursing, was still a pup, the Irish Cup was already full-grown.