A dream weekend for Sam Thomas hit new heights as Mr Pointment made virtually all to score over the famous Grand National fences in the totesport.com Becher Chase at Aintree.

Bewleys Berry enjoyed two encouraging spins around the Grand National course last season and should go well again in the Becher Chase at Aintree on Sunday.

CALL BEWLEYS will be hard to beat in the Summer Sundays @ Fairyhouse Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse this evening.

FAIRTRADE Fortnight kicked off yesterday with food producers from around the globe heralding benefits of the Fairtrade concept.

MONET’S Garden features among a 15-strong entry for the Commercial First Ascot Chase at the Berkshire venue on Saturday.

Graham Wylie hopes Bewleys Berry has done enough to make the cut for the John Smith's Grand National.

Liam Heard is keeping his fingers crossed he will keep the ride on Eurotrek when he bids for glory in the John Smith’s Grand National.

Star De Mohaison, trained by Paul Nicholls and ridden by Barry Geraghty, won the Royal & SunAlliance Novices' Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.

LADBROKES World Hurdle hero Inglis Drever is recovering well after his season-ending injury and should be back on the track next term, according to owner Graham Wylie.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern tonight ruled out Government intervention to save Bewley’s flagship Dublin cafes, which closed today.

DUBLINERS turned out yesterday to campaign against the closure of the landmark Bewleys café on Grafton Street.

The Bewleys cafés at Grafton St and Westmoreland St in Dublin are to close at the end of the month, with the probable loss of 234 jobs.

DRINKING large amounts of stimulants may seem an unusual method of fundraising, but coffee lovers turned out in every county in Ireland yesterday to indulge themselves in aid of the Irish Hospice Foundation.