Alan King believes Paddy Power Gold Cup hero Annacotty is in even better shape than he was last month as he aims to secure a notable double in Saturday’s Caspian Caviar Gold Cup at Cheltenham.

More than 700 jobs are to be created in Dublin, Kildare, Galway, and Longford as the result of four separate announcements yesterday.

Five hundred new jobs are to be created with the expansion of Kildare Village Shopping Centre.

The media firm owned by broadcaster and columnist, Vincent Browne recorded profits of €135,831 last year, new figures show.

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Fergie and her family posed as the Village People for a Thanksgiving card.

Accumulated losses at broadcaster Vincent Browne’s Village Communications company have almost halved in the space of two years to €568,445.

FEW word combinations cause more consternation than ‘gay’ and ‘marriage’.

A LABOUR councillor has denied influencing a redevelopment plan for Dublin city in order to increase his and his family’s interests in an office block in a prime location in the capital.

IT WAS a bad weekend for the 2010 county finalists as both O’Loughlin Gaels and Carrickshock suffered defeat in the fourth round of the Kilkenny senior hurling league.

A 84-YEAR-OLD retired lorry driver has brought a legal challenge over the Law Society’s refusal to compensate him for more than €500,000 after his daughter, a solicitor, allegedly misappropriated money from the estate in which he was the main beneficiary.

FAVOURITES James Stephens just about did enough in Nowlan Park yesterday to get back to the Kilkenny SHC final.

LIBERTAS chairman Declan Ganley has resolved injunction proceedings against Village Magazine over an article which includes a quote from Minister Dick Roche describing Mr Ganley as a “snake-oil salesman”.

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EOIN LARKIN smiles when recalling the 2004 Kilkenny county hurling final.

Five units of the Fire Service from across Wexford have successfully tackled a major fire at a pub in the north of the county this morning.

IN AUTUMN 2004 I donned my wellies and visited the Ploughing Championships for the first time. I was impressed by the sheer scale and organisation of the event, but baffled by the absence of a food pavilion to showcase Irish food.

RIP OFF Republic presenter Eddie Hobbs has denied he engaged in any illegal activity when advising a client about moving money to an offshore fund while he worked as a financial adviser in the 1990s.

IT’S the calm before the storm.

LET nobody be under any illusions. The life of an inter-county manager is tough, even tougher at the top.

SOME months back I was on Vincent Browne’s radio programme discussing a new report, A Time to Listen - Confronting Child Sexual Abuse by Catholic Clergy, commissioned by Irish bishops.