Unique drawings by Quentin Blake, one of Britain’s best-loved illustrators, are available at a Christie’s online auction which runs until December 17.

Paul Deegan is expecting to see further progress from Lady Springbank in the Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh on May 23.

A Laois father-of-one has received a three year suspended sentence along with a fine and driving ban for dangerous driving causing the death of a nursing home care worker.