Theatre Queen is set to turn out quickly for next week’s National Hunt Chase at the Cheltenham Festival following her remarkable effort in defeat at Doncaster on Saturday.

A leading county council official working on the Amgen development planned for Carrigtwohill, Co Cork has dismissed fears that the company will abandon the €1bn project.

More than 1,000 voters in Navan, Co Meath, have been told that they will not be allowed to vote in the forthcoming urban council election in the town next month.