Foot Solution, owned by the Troy Murphy Syndicate from Kildare, nominated by Leo Walsh, and bred by Con Guiney from Meelin, Co. Cork took the €40,000 prize when winning the Irish Cup at Limerick Racecourse yesterday.

Italian cruise line Costa Crociere has been fined €1m for the Concordia cruise ship sinking which killed 32 people.

Arsenal target Felipe Melo has moved to end speculation about his future by signing a one-year contract extension at Fiorentina.

We ate this gorgeous tart in a little restaurant, near Castellini in Chianti.