The second part of historian Ryle Dwyer’s examination of the events of the War of Independence leading up to the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921.

TRESSA Reeves never asked for anything for herself. All she ever wanted was for her son to be told the truth of who he was, writes Conall Ó Fátharta. It was a selfless act of a woman and a mother. A woman and mother ignored year after year by every State agency she asked to help her.

According to Forbes magazine, the highest earning female model in the world is Gisele Bundchen.

Brighton? Isn’t it full of spivs with Kiss Me Quick hats tipped at a jaunty angle?

A tilt at the Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival is far from guaranteed for Chatez despite the exciting youngster making it two from two over hurdles in impressive fashion at Warwick.

Police have released CCTV of a hit-and-run crash – showing a man being thrown over a car bonnet and falling to the ground.

Tune in to UTV at 8pm tonight for a new six-part series featuring Warwick Davis and his family as they travel around the UK in their trusty camper van.

Rob Penney’s men aren’t the only Munster outfit in search of glory across the Irish Sea tomorrow.

BACK in the day, fashion models were mostly refined young ladies taking a twirl on the catwalk before Mr Right swept them up the aisle to a life of privileged obscurity.

I LOVE the sound of seagulls calling, squalling, squabbling and chasing each other for fun or a wriggly fish — it reminds me of holidays in Tramore as a child, ice-cream cones, sand buckets, little fishing nets, and picnics by the Metal Man.

Dermot Weld’s sole Festival success came in the Triumph Hurdle in 1990 with Rare Holiday, but the Master of Rosewell House played down the win claims of his runner Hisaabaat, who won the Grade 1 Spring Juvenile Hurdle at Leopardstown, in today’s renewal.

Fierce storms battered Britain today with heavy rain and winds gusting over 100mph.

Christian hotel owners who refused a gay couple a double room acted unlawfully, a British judge ruled today.

Paul Nicholls called time on Celestial Halo’s novice chasing adventure after the top-class hurdler again proved a disappointment over fences at Newbury.

IT’S AN ill wind that doesn’t blow someone some good. Even the volcanic ash has benefited some people – the mâitre d’hotel at Rick Stein’s seafood restaurant in Padstow was beaming from ear to ear when I was there recently.

TRESSA REEVES was born Teresa Mary Donnelly in England to an Irish father and an English mother.

A JILTED boyfriend was jailed for at least 25 years after he admitted murdering his ex-girlfriend’s father before shooting her and her mother.

Ruby Walsh hopes everything goes well for Kauto Star in the Commercial First Ascot Chase tomorrow to set up a mouthwatering clash with Denman in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

CHAMPION hurdler Sublimity heads a high-class entry of 14 for the Boylesports.com International Hurdle at Cheltenham on Saturday.

Connections of New Seeker are keeping an eye on the ground and the opposition before choosing from two engagements in the next week.

The Ireland U18 clubs side to play Georgia on Sunday, 1st April in the opening game of the U18 European Championships has been named today.

Two lifelong friends who were washed overboard when their fishing vessel sank in the mid-Atlantic have today spoken of their ordeal.

A big run is expected from Dispol Veleta when she goes to post in the Renault Vans Fillies’ Handicap over a mile at Newcastle.

My Way de Solzen appears increasingly likely to take his chance in next week’s Ladbrokes World Hurdle after further rain gladdened the spirits of trainer Alan King today.

Penzance, a leading fancy for the abandoned totesport Trophy last weekend, will attempt to get his season back on track in the Grade Two Bathwick Tyres Kingwell Hurdle at Wincanton tomorrow.

PENZANCE is the horse the sponsors fear in the totesport Trophy at Newbury on Saturday.

Penzance is the horse the sponsors fear in the totesport Trophy at Newbury on Saturday.

TRAINER Christy Roche has ruled No Where To Hyde out of the totesport Trophy at Newbury as he feels the horse has been harshly treated by the handicapper.

THE Jessica Harrington trained Studmaster, who helped end a nightmare run for the stable when landing the Pierse Hurdle on Sunday, and Martin Pipe’s lightly-raced novice hurdler Acambo are 10-1 joint favourite with the sponsors for the totesport Trophy at Newbury on February 11 following the publication of the weights.

Champion Hurdle hope Faasel is set to take his chance in the Commhoist Logistics Champion Hurdle Trial at Haydock at the weekend.

Sheena West is hoping Kalmini can emulate Penzance and land big-race glory at the Cheltenham Festival following the four-year-old’s success at Taunton.

INGLIS DREVER is a red-hot favourite to add to his big-race haul in Saturday’s totesport Long Walk Hurdle at Windsor.

Harchibald’s dramatic defeat in last season’s Champion Hurdle faded in the memory as he made amends with a dominant display to take the totesport Bula Hurdle at Cheltenham.

NOEL MEADE is hoping the ground remains on the good side ahead of Champion Hurdle runner-up Harchibald’s run in the totesport Bula Hurdle this afternoon.

Unoriginal it may be, but it is difficult to look past likely favourite Kicking King in the inaugural Betfair Chase at Haydock tomorrow.

Faasel is on course to make his seasonal reappearance at Haydock in two weeks’ time.

SOLERINA, a failure on the two occasions she has tried three miles, is napped to set the record straight in the Grade One Ballymore Properties Champion Stayers’ Hurdle at Punchestown this afternoon.

Howard Johnson’s decision to resist a tempting engagement in the John Smith’s Grand National with Grey Abbey could reap a rich dividend tomorrow when the 11-year-old lines up for the Betfair Bowl.

Francois Doumen fought back from the disappointment of stable star Baracouda’s defeat yesterday with the victory of Moulin Riche in the Brit Insurance Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham this afternoon.

Penzance pipped Faasel in a thrilling finish to the JCB Triumph Hurdle on the final day of the Cheltenham Festival this afternoon.

Alan King is aware of the task facing his four-year-old Penzance as he puts his unbeaten record on the line in tomorrow’s JCB Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham.

Penzance earned a 33-1 quote from Coral for the Triumph Hurdle after taking the notable scalp of Amarula Ridge in the Compare Prices At gg-odds.com Novices’ Hurdle at Taunton today.

Ferry services were cancelled and a beach was closed today as Britain’s south coast was battered by huge seas and gale force winds.