Dundalk will leave the Showgrounds disappointed after only earning a point away to Sligo Rovers.

It’s the show that affords carmakers the opportunity to pull out all the stops.

Pre-tax profits at the group that imports and distributes luxury car brands, Jaguar and Land Rover more than doubled to €6.65m last year.

MULTIPLE murders in Montenotte; hostages in Blackpool; gangland kingpins strolling around Cobh and now deadly dognappers and drug smugglers battling for supremacy in Cork — gardaí in Graham Masterton’s world definitely don’t have it easy.

An allegedly fraudulent car crash, said to closely fit a pattern of six suspicious accidents that could cost up to €500,000 in damages and costs, was thrown out by a judge yesterday at the request of Zurich Insurance.

A Jaguar Land Rover manager left two young sisters paralysed after smashing his company 4x4 into their father's car during a road rage chase in England, a court heard.

The winning favourites which topped and tailed the card were not enough to prevent punters finishing a distant second behind the layers on day one of the Punchestown festival.

Kya deLongchamps celebrates the enigma and variations of one of the UK’s most celebrated industrial designers — Israeli-born Ron Arad.

Bob Skillington shows off his Mini Mayfair, something he was able to spend a bit of free time on restoring it to its original glory.

The Wild Atlantic Way is good for business along Ireland’s indented coastline, say the couple about to sell up a well-performing local shop and cafe/restaurant, which they’ve developed through the recession.

Hi-tech systems to monitor a car driver’s stress, fatigue and concentration levels are being tested by Jaguar Land Rover.

Television would have us believe it’s falling in love and wanting to  spend the rest of their lives with ‘the one’ that prompts a proposal but Richard Fitzpatrick learns it can be far less romantic

Nick Wyatt takes us for a ride in his 1972 Dodge Custom 200 Stepside Pickup which he says is pretty quick for a heavy truck.

Eala Beag seems to be improving with practically every run.

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Point-To-Point: "Once a good horse, always a good horse".

This week Cork man and  car enthusiast, Peter Burke, shares his motoring passions.

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It’s a weekend for the great outdoors with fingers crossed for fine weather and lots of events in the south-west for locals and tourists.

I have raved about the rebirth of Jaguar. The company has re-emerged from years of stagnancy, under its original British ownership and subsequently as part of Ford, to well-being under the Indian industrial giant, Tata.

USA: A dog that raced a New York commuter train has a new family-

What could be the world’s smallest pup was born in Lissarda near Macroom recently.

The roads in some parts of rural Cork might be a bit bumpy but they’re nothing compared to what a married couple will have to endure when they take part in a 1,000-mile rally in North Africa.

Stephen McMahon’s debut album, Half Blind, refers to his injuries after a car crash six years ago. Writing songs has sustained him through recovery and a relationship break-up, says Colette Sheridan

Search teams hunting for missing April Jones have been spurred on by pink ribbons of hope donned by hundreds in the community.

There will be agony and ecstasy in equal measures at Shelbourne Park this evening as the final 12 will be reduced to six in the Ladbrokes Irish Derby.

Airtricity Premier Division leaders Sligo Rovers, bidding for a first league success since 1978, can keep on course for the title by collecting another vital three points in tonight’s clash with Shelbourne at Tolka Park (8 pm).

I am probably in a very small minority when I say this, but I wasn’t among those cheering or celebrating when the Curiosity Rover touched down on Mars.

Nasa’s Curiosity Rover has transmitted its first colour photo and a low-resolution video showing the last two-and-a-half minutes of its white-knuckle dive through the Martian atmosphere, giving us earthlings a sneak peek of a spacecraft landing on another world.

Booming demand from China helped drive a record £1.5bn (€1.87bn) profit at resurgent luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover today.

Coronation Street's Betty Williams will be revealed as the rightful owner of the Rovers Return.

Eight undercover British soldiers were at the scene of a high-profile killing carried out by loyalist paramilitaries in the North, a dramatic new report has revealed.

Neil Jordan’s in-production Byzantium is just one of many films to use the Beara Peninsula as a backdrop, says Carl Dixon

THIS time of the year is that in which gongs of all shapes and sizes are awarded across a range of industries and activities and of course the motor business is no stranger in this department as you can see below with the Kia Rio securing the Irish Car Of The Year award.

THE John Halley-trained Perce Rock, a former 140-rated chaser when under the care of Tommy Stack, showed that he’s ideally suited by the switch to the point-to-point sphere by making a winning hunt racing debut in the open at the South Union Foxhounds meeting at Farrangalway outside Kinsale yesterday.

STYLE queen Victoria Beckham’s latest little number is everything we’ve come to expect — sleek, sexy and exclusive.