The date for the final of the 2017 Irish Greyhound Derby has been pushed out to the fourth Saturday in September to avoid a clash with the All-Ireland Football final. 

It’s one of the most coveted prizes in greyhound sport and a new Queen of the Track will be crowned on Saturday when the Sporting Press Irish Oaks is run at Shelbourne Park.

The cream of Ireland’s female talent served up some terrific performances at Shelbourne Park on Saturday night as the opening round of the Sporting Press Irish Oaks came to a conclusion.

Students fighting to stop education cuts in the UK were divided tonight over the justification of violent clashes at the headquarters of the Tory party.

THE Government last night insisted its media monitoring unit is non-political, despite an internal departmental memo comparing its role to a key part of Tony Blair's infamous spin machine.