Fifty years ago, an IRA bomb belatedly decapitated one of the most iconic monuments to British rule in Ireland, writes Billy O’Riordan.

TIMMY HYDE’S Like A Duke is heading for the sales ring, following his easy victory in the All Ireland Corporate Games Maiden Hurdle at Limerick yesterday.

Richard Mullen will be out of action for five days (May 5-9) after being found guilty of careless riding on winner Trafalgar Day in the skybetvegas.com Casino Race Handicap at Southwell.

A bloodstained silk purse carried by Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar was revealed today after almost 200 years under lock and key.