“There’s an awful lot of lonely men and women out there.”

A helicopter pilot has been fined €20,000 for flying dangerously low over thousands of people attending the busiest day of Ballinasloe Horse Fair three years ago.

TG4 bosses have been left red-faced after it emerged a farmer facing a cattle rustling charge has been chosen to vie for the title of Ireland’s top farmer in a new reality TV series aired for the first time last night.

WHAT a sad reflection on the state of animal welfare in Ireland that protest at the abuse of animals at Ballinasloe Horse Fair recently should have been left largely to journalists and members of the public.