New Zealand police are to re-examine a teenager's plot to kill Queen Elizabeth II during her 1981 visit to the country after secret documents confirmed the assassination attempt.

Racing UK has confirmed it is to take over the coverage of racing in Ireland from At The Races in a five-year deal starting in 2019.

A new round-the-clock intelligence unit to bolster Ireland’s border security will be a multi-agency body, including specialist gardaí.

Pre-tax profits at the UK arm of the Sligo sports group that counts Real Madrid and Barcelona amongst its clients increased fourfold to £1.1m in 2015.

It has been an up-and-down week in greyhound racing, the obvious positive being the end to the saga over a deal with SIS to show live pictures from Mullingar, Youghal and Tralee.

The Gain Cup 2016 is dominating proceedings at Curraheen Park at the moment and, keeping up the tradition of the Guinness Trophy, which it has replaced, it is a very competitive stake.

A European border and coast guard agency that could also help in patrolling the seas around Ireland, has been put forward by the European Commission.

The Government is to spend €4m on a system that will allow gardaí link to an EU-wide database for missing persons and property — but will not give access to alerts about suspected terrorists or fake passports.

France says it will not wait for a change in EU rules to subject every European citizen to deep checks when they enter the Schengen travel-free zone.

The European Union has agreed to "considerably strengthen" means for the 28 nations to co-operate to combat violent extremism, officials said.

The Irish company behind the pitch where Munster’s European dream could come to an end has told the province they have nothing to fear — from the artificial surface at least — when they travel to Saracens tomorrow.

The more you study the manner in which French stewards interpret their rules the more one is inclined to the view that the way they do things is the right way.

Britain has a new “M” – the next head of MI6 has been unveiled.

The Co Sligo-based sports group that counts Real Madrid and Barcelona amongst its clients is set for a record year in 2014 and is on course to achieve €5 million in profits.

The 2014 Connolly’s Red Mills Irish Laurels got underway with some terrific performances in last Saturday night’s opening round and, based on those runs alone, it looks like we’ll be seeing some sub 28.00 runs this year.

A hat-trick for Tom Scudamore stole the show from Tony McCoy at Newton Abbot yesterday as the champion jockey’s wait to reach Martin Pipe’s phenomenal record goes on.

At The Races, along with partner SIS, is to retain the media rights to Irish racing after agreeing terms for a new deal with Horse Racing Ireland and the Association of Irish Racecourses that will cover the period from January 2014 to December 2016.

I was particularly disappointed to read that Horse Racing Ireland are in exclusive negotiations with SIS and At The Races regarding the awarding of the Irish racing media rights.

The Spy Who Came In From the Cold was published 50 years ago and redefined a genre. Declan Burke on the genius of John le Carré.

The directors of one of Cork’s oldest chains of bookmakers have told a creditors meeting that the company owes €500,000 to creditors but holds just €10,300 in assets.

An Irish company is leading a rugby revolution that could see a number of high-profile stadia install artificial pitches within the next five years.

A Sligo-based sports group that counts Real Madrid, Juventus, and Man City among its clients last year recorded an 8% increase in profits to €2.4m after revenues rose 25%.

An MI6 spy found dead in a padlocked sports bag had been unhappy living in London and complained about “friction” at the intelligence agency, an inquest has heard.

Since the deal took effect at the start of January, the SIS coverage of Shelbourne Park racing has been restricted to far flung fields.

The IGB has announced a change to procedures at Shelbourne Park and part of the amendment will allow a stewards’ enquiry to be called if a greyhound performs above or below his level by a significant amount.

THE IGB yesterday announced significant prizemoney grant increases for Shelbourne Park.

HORSE RACING IRELAND chiefs yesterday revealed that prize money will increase in 2012.

IRISH greyhound racing received an early Christmas present yesterday with the news that the Irish Greyhound Board has agreed a two year deal with SIS which will see racing from Shelbourne Park shown in betting shops around the world.

HORSE Racing Ireland has refunded the stakes placed by punters, following the failure of former bookmaker, Ger Dalton, to honour winning bets at Listowel last September.

IRISH racing was given a major boost yesterday with the announcement by Horse Racing Ireland that meetings will be held throughout the winter months at Dundalk.

Dundalk’s racing season is to be extended with the addition of 14 fixtures between September 23 this year and March 30, 2012.

IT giant Siemens has agreed to meet a group of workers at one of its Cork facilities to discuss redundancy payments after losing a contract with an English firm.

STAFF who have been told by their employers to move to Britain to keep their IT jobs vowed last night to fight for their rights.

An IT company in Cork has asked a number of its workers to relocate to a facility in the UK after the loss of a customer services contract.

MI6 HAS lifted somewhat the veil of secrecy that has surrounded its operations for the past century with the publication of the first authorised history of the service.

Dublin: Global ratings agency Moody’s has downgraded some of the bonds that the EBS has issued after the lender was forced to stop paying interest on the debt.

Dublin: Irish sportsground surfacing company SIS IRL has signed a new contract in Angola for €7.7 million to provide maintenance services and equipment to all of the African Championship training facilities, including three first division clubs, new synthetic pitches and upgrading of pitches in the capital Luanda.

TED WALSH likened the absence of Sea The Stars from Sunday’s Irish Derby at the Curragh to the Cheltenham Gold Cup without Kauto Star.

AN Irish company has landed a €20 million contract to design and build pitches for the African Cup of Nations football tournament next year.

MI6 WAS not keeping files on Diana, Princess of Wales — or her lover Dodi Fayed — when they were killed in a Paris car crash, an inquest was told yesterday.

MI6 were not keeping files on Diana, Princess of Wales or her lover Dodi Fayed when they were killed in a Paris car crash, an inquest was told today.