A NEW YEAR is upon us and with it comes the start of the agri show season.

January 18th &19th sees the return of the annual Spring Farm Machinery Show which opens at the prestigious Green Glens Arena, Millstreet, Cork at 12 noon on Wednesday 18 January 2012.

AN Irishman, beer and 10,000 bees are three things that are only going to end one way — badly.

Murdered schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were today set to be remembered at sporting events across the country in poignant one minute silences.