After a low-key weekend in Europe, FEI World Cup action resumes this week, with Bordeaux in France staging what is the second-last qualifying round for riders competing in Europe.

Offaly’s Darragh Kenny and the Ann Thompson-owned stallion Balou du Reventon tonight confirmed their position as one of the top combinations in world Show Jumping, with a stunning performance which saw them win the €300,000 Longines Global Champions Tour five-star Grand Prix at Chantilly in France.

A Kildare man has been sentenced to seven and a half years for the violent sexual attack on a young woman who took her own life a year later.

An investigation was under way today after an explosive device was thrown through the window of a house in Co Down.