Sean Lacey will be going for his fifth straight Lacey Cup title when he takes to the start-line in Tralee tomorrow for the traditional Munster season opener.

Another fast and furious day on the An Post Rás saw a new rider in the yellow jersey yesterday as Swiss professional Pirmin Lang of the Atlas Personal Jackroo team outsprinted a seven-man lead group to take victory on stage two into Gort.

Sebastien Loeb wrested the initiative in the World Rally Championship title race from Marcus Gronholm with victory in Rally Ireland.

DMG Services, the Irish business services group, will this week launch a €2 million expansion of its File Stores records centre in Dublin’s Park West.

Daily Mail and General Trust announced today that it has successfully bid £43m (€64.2m) for the Sydney FM radio licence auctioned by the Australian government, and has already paid 10% in cash.