TALKING to Adam Faulkner, one quarter of Girl Band, is like getting a geography lesson. 

The fastest time of the night on Saturday’s card at Curraheen Park came in the opener but, more significantly and a little surprisingly, it came from a newcomer, Barnagrane Glen, owned by Paudie O’Keeffe.

It’s a Thursday night in trendy Shoreditch, in east London, and outside of one of the numerous cool-because-they-say-so pubs hidden away from the main street, there’s a queue to get in and see four lads from Ireland play loud rock music.

Anyone with concerns about proposed large-scale wind farms is being asked to contact the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.

The gaming industry is the right industry to be in, BioWare’s director of services, Jason Livingston, told students at the LIT Tipperary Games Fleadh 2012.

CHAMPIONS Crusheen had to settle for a draw in their opening game of the 2011 Clare senior hurling championship against Kilmaley at Cusack Park, Ennis on Saturday.

TWO Sligo brothers and a friend from Mayo are launching a Gaelic Tag summer league in Dublin this month and plan to bring the game to other urban centres around the country.

PROUD Waterford man Mick Casey was part of the remarkable Wexford football odyssey last season, sharing the training and coaching duties with Jason Ryan.

Leinster and Argentina star Felipe Contepomi was crowned the Guinness Rugby Writers of Ireland Player of the Year at a luncheon at Killiney's Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel this afternoon.