Go green with your beauty routine. Sarah Stacey and Josephine Fairley, co-authors of The Ultimate Natural Beauty Bible, share their best finds with Lisa Haynes.

A major trial over doping in cycling was beginning in Spain today, offering the prospect of new revelations about the sport’s dark side.

ONCE regarded as the biggest prize in provincial club rugby, the ODM Munster Senior Cup has been hit by the inability of another club to fulfil a fixture.

ONCE considered one of Britain’s most dangerous criminals, Bobby Cummines is an adviser to the British government and recipient of an OBE from the queen.

ONCE again, a major bank in receipt of taxpayer funding has taken the Government for fools.

ONCE again the Catholic church embarks on a great bureaucratic filibuster – now it is going to audit the abuse of children by church employees.

ONCE again we are confronted with yet another dishonest article on climate change (‘Climate change is far worse than anyone imagined’, July 28). Where does one start?

ONCE again the trials of the tribunals have proved an election asset for those who have been dragged through it but still want to further their political careers.

ONCE-raced Pirate Ship is the nap choice to give David Wachman his fourth winner of the season in the Brubaker’s Bar Race at Dundalk tonight.

I ONCE worked for Denis Larkin. The son of the great Jim Larkin, and brother of Young Jim, also regarded as a great trade union leader, Denis was the least highly rated of the three.

TOUR de France leader Frank Schleck has vowed to continue to use the strength and experience of his CSC team to tighten his grip on the yellow jersey.

ONCE again the postman has brought what I consider junk mail from a developing world charity.

The Irish Examiner’s football correspondent Liam Mackey returns from a warm weather camp boasting a nice tan and vowing to be nicer to Cork Blue.

ONCE again the corrupt Charles Haughey has been honoured by a small group of Dingle people for alleged favours granted to the town (Irish Examiner, August 20).

ONCE again your columnist Fergus Finlay (April 24) champions the cause of the weak and vulnerable by pointing out the underhand manner in which Health Minister Mary Harney is about to deprive people with disabilities in residential care of most of their earnings.

ONCE again the media is dominated by another self-induced American tragedy.

The treatment of footballer supporters in Europe is this weeks hot topic and our soccer correspondent Liam Mackey has got plenty to say about experiences of friendly local constabularies.

ONCE a symbol of Irish Christianity, St Patrick’s Day is now symbolic of a burgeoning Ireland that counts itself among the richest nations of Europe and the world.

Manager of the ONCE-Eroski team Manolo Saiz has been expelled from the Tour of Spain for cursing at a television reporters on live TV.

A COLOMBIAN rider claimed the yellow jersey for the first time in Tour de France history yesterday as Lance Armstrong’s US Postal team took a firm grip on the centenary running of the world’s most famous cycling race.

ONCE again public service pay is on the table as part of a national agreement. Never before have I seen such a dreadful proposal.

ONCE again alcohol has been highlighted as a major factor contributing to our health and social problems.

THE Tour de France is only at its mid-way point, but the general classification already has an ominous look to it.

FOR a nation which gave birth to the greatest cycle race in the world, the French have had little to cheer about in the Tour de France recently.

For a nation which gave birth to the greatest cycle race in the world, the French have had little to cheer about in the Tour de France recently.

TODAY cannot come soon enough for Lance Armstrong's rivals in the Tour de France.

Tomorrow cannot come soon enough for Lance Armstrong’s rivals in the Tour de France.

SANTIAGO BOTERO reaped the harvest of months spent training in the Colombian mountains to beat Lance Armstrong into second place in yesterday's Tour de France time-trial.

Santiago Botero reaped the harvest of months spent training in the Colombian mountains to beat Lance Armstrong into second place in today’s Tour de France time-trial.

THERE was no storming victory by a French rider on Bastille Day in the Tour de France, just a guerrilla attack by a Dutch master.

GERMAN sprint-meister Erik Zabel put paid to any suggestions his powers are fading as he won stage six of the Tour de France.

German sprint-meister Erik Zabel today put paid to any suggestions his powers are fading as he won stage six of the Tour de France.

A THRILLING sprint finish win for Estonian Jaan Kirsipuu and a catastrophic crash in the peloton were the features of stage five of the Tour de France yesterday.

A thrilling sprint finish win for Estonian Jaan Kirsipuu and a catastrophic crash in the peloton were the features of stage five of the Tour de France today.

SPAIN took the honours on the fourth stage of the Tour de France yesterday with ONCE-Eroski claiming the team time trial and Gasteiz-born Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano taking over the yellow jersey.

Lance Armstrong became only the fifth man to win three consecutive Tour de France titles in a party atmosphere in Paris today.

Erik Dekker won stage eight of the Tour de France but Australian Stuart O’Grady was also celebrating as he retook the leader’s yellow jersey.

Credit Agricole defended Stuart O'Grady's yellow jersey by pipping ONCE to top spot in the team time-trial.

Stuart O’Grady today proved that a cool and calm attitude are as valuable as his strong, freckled legs and giant heart and lungs.

Frenchman Christophe Moreau delighted the home supporters by winning the Tour de France prologue in Dunkirk.