A CONSTRUCTION firm involved in the design and construction of the leaky €62 million National Aquatic Centre in Dublin was yesterday refused entry to the facility.

Expect the Paul Nicholls-trained Silver Birch to run a huge race in the £100,000 (€142,100) Coral Welsh National tomorrow if the holiday card at Chepstow beats the freeze.

SETTING its crescent face firmly against the pessimism currently in the Irish tourism sector is the €30 million new tourism and catering building in Cork’s Institute of Technology — due to go on site within weeks.