VINCENT WARD would rather the weather did not spoil his decision to supplement Fictional Account for this weekend’s Irish Field St Leger at the Curragh.

The US economy posted its largest job gain in three years in March, while the unemployment rate remained at 9.7% for the third month in a row, according to figures out today.

CENSUS staff will have to deal with security gates and intercoms to deliver at least 150,000 of their forms to Irish homes over the next three weeks.