Budget hotel chain Travelodge continued its expansion today by announcing the addition of seven new sites to its portfolio in a £70m (€88.4m) investment.

ONE has more than twice as many All-Ireland club titles as its nearest challenger, the other is from the footballing backwater of Antrim.

WHEN the old Stanley gets fired up here, you'd need to cook in your swimsuit, says the owner of this restored farmhouse with studio/apartment at Murreigh, Waterville.

THE King of Ballybrit, Dermot Weld, struck for a third time in the Hewlett-Packard sponsored Galway Plate yesterday when Ansar battled gamely to beat top weight Risk Accessor to take the €103,725 first prize.