Vicky McElligott danced with a Maasai warrior under the African night sky. The stars above might have been the same she could see from her home in Ballymun, but she knew her journey was far greater than the miles that separate Dublin and Dar Es Saalam.

IF THE women had been men, they might have resembled a gathering of old soldiers, survivors from some forgotten war.

Women who survived a barbaric procedure in Irish maternity hospitals are hoping their stories will go global following the release of a documentary.

Alcapone earned a 33-1 quote from the Tote for the Queen Mother Champion Chase after bouncing back to form in the McCabe Properties Fortria Chase at Navan.