Marian Finucane and long-term partner John Clarke were married in Dublin yesterday.

Listeners are threatening to switch off, but RTÉ is not for turning on its decision to remove 2fm DJ Will Leahy from his drivetime slot.

Shane McGrath has revealed the extent of the online abuse Tipperary players suffered following the county’s defeat to Kilkenny in last year’s All-Ireland semi-final.

All set up for decades (if not centuries more) of occupation, is No 6 St Luke’s Place — it has almost 200 years of residential history already.

Heiress and bloodstock breeder Chryss O’Reilly is to step down from one of the most controversial chairmanships in the semi- state sector.

The chairman of the natio-nal stud penned a lengthy defence of its controversially lavish expenses’ regime at a time it was pleading for a €5m lending lifeline.

The expenses regime operated by the Irish National Stud was fully defended at the time by its chairman, writes investigative correspondent Conor Ryan

Aidan Carr has vivid enough memories of 1994 and the role his father played in Down’s last All-Ireland success.

THE controversial Irish National Stud will remain in public ownership, but the revamp of its boardroom will continue with the appointments of new directors, according to Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney.

With the financial fate of the state’s most speculative asset, the Irish National Stud, strapped to a sinking economy, the two people best placed to turn business around could no longer work together after their affair ended with allegations of bullying, mistreatment and attempted suicide, writes Conor Ryan.

THE controversial semi-state company, the Irish National Stud (INS), continued to lose money last year while at the same time increasing the level of business it was involved in with members of its Government-appointed boardroom.

Forwards Benny Coulter and Conor Maginn have been added to Down's injury list ahead of their All-Ireland SFC qualifier against Clare.

SO DID Mickey Harte and the gang of six or seven or eight cross the line this week? Until Hawk-Eye is finally installed and working right, I suppose we won’t know. We certainly don’t want to start a family feud by asking the umpires.

THEY say you shouldn’t write anything online you wouldn’t like to see on the front page of the New York Times the next morning.

DOWN’S hopes of making progress in this year’s All-Ireland qualifiers have been hit by the decision of attacker John Clarke to retire from senior inter-county football.

John Clarke has stepped away from senior inter-county football, going public on his decision to quit the Down panel this week.

The Down team to face Armagh in tonight's Ulster SFC quarter-final shows just one change to the side that lost last year's All-Ireland final to Cork.

Northampton coach Jim Mallinder has today named his side for tomorrow’s Heineken Cup final clash with Leinster at the Millennium Stadium (kick-off 5pm).

THERE were very mixed emotions around both dressing-rooms in the aftermath of an entertaining, dramatic stalemate which unfolded under the floodlights at a rain-soaked McHale Park, Castlebar on Saturday night.

Mayo 1-13 Down 3-07

THE NEW 3G Astroturf pitch at Kingspan Breffni Park alleviated some of the congestion in the Dr McKenna Cup over the weekend after a spate of postponements in earlier weeks left the fixtures’ department of the Ulster Council scratching their heads.

Antrim secured a semi-final berth, while there were also wins for Tyrone, Down and Derry in the Dr McKenna Cup this afternoon.

Pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline unveiled a deal today to buy the company behind Maximuscle protein shakes used by rugby player Gavin Henson, cricket star Stuart Broad and footballer Jermaine Jenas.

Cork 0-16 Down 0-15

HE was Down’s star player when they overpowered Mayo in the All-Ireland minor final five years ago, and had a host of AFL clubs scrambling for his services; but his name isn’t Marty Clarke — meet Paul McComiskey.

Down manager James McCartan has gone with an unchanged team for Sunday's All-Ireland SFC final against Cork at Croke Park (throw-in 3.30pm).

DOWN are the story of this year’s championship.

Peter Fitzpatrick will start for Down in Sunday's All-Ireland SFC semi-final against Kildare at Croke Park (throw-in 3.30pm), manning the midfield alongside Kalum King.

DOWN midfielder Ambrose Rogers is set to undergo a scan on his knee in the coming days to ascertain whether or not he will be available for their All-Ireland semi-final meeting with Kildare on August 29.

All-Ireland SFC Quarter-Final

All-Ireland SFC Qualifier Round 4

All-Ireland SFC Round 3 qualifier

Down 1-14 Longford 1-10

RYAN McMENAMIN and Davy Harte have both been omitted from the Tyrone team for Saturday’s Ulster SFC semi-final against Down due to hamstring and calf injuries respectively.

THE Irish National Stud (INS) has conceded it must tighten up rules on the conduct of its key personnel in inside deals involving its stallions.

The new chief executive of the Irish National Stud is defending the expenses racked up by his predecessor.

The Chief Executive of the Irish National Stud is to appear before an Oireachtas Committee today to discuss recent spending revelations.

HIS 1-4 from play will make the headlines but the huge purple bruise that swelled his right eyelid spoke volumes for Benny Coulter’s overall contribution yesterday.

THE former chief executive of the Irish National Stud (INS) John Clarke was responsible for 60% of staff travel expenses’ claims for the company in 2008.

INDEPENDENT auditors Kealy Mehigan were commissioned by the Irish National Stud to examine 10 months of expenses bills incurred by its staff members.

AN internal Irish National Stud audit found its former chief executive John Clarke accounted for 60% of the total staff travel expenses bill for most of 2008.

JUST because they have been having expenses scandals in Britain does not mean we should have similar scandals in this country.

Donegal 2-10 Down 1-15 (aet)