IN the context of recent media coverage of so many young people dying on Irish roads, I have no doubt the country’s ambivalent attitude to road safety is a major contributory factor.

I AM delighted the number of deaths on Irish roads is significantly down on the same period for last year. However, although this is welcome news, I fear this trend is unlikely to continue.

LONDON buyer Steve Spiteri paid the top price at yesterday’s Curraheen Park sale when he went to €4,600 to secure Astral Sailor from Innishannon, Co. Cork owner John O’Connor.