WE, the undersigned, are writing in protest at the recent decision of the Government in the budget to abolish the Modern Languages in Primary Schools Initiative (MLPSI).

YESTERDAY was Ladies’ Day at Cheltenham and while the men outnumbered the women by about nine to one, the Sunday best could be seen scattered around the course.

TAYLOR VARD has spurned a bid by the Show Jumping Association of Ireland (SJAI) to have him withdraw his resignation as chairman of the senior selectors.