A father of three remained in a critical condition in hospital today following a farm accident that claimed the life of his eight-year-old son.

TRALEE-based Lee Strand Co-operative has appointed John O’Sullivan as its general manager.

A spectator was killed today at the Armoy road races in Co Antrim.

IRELAND’S largest farmland sale of 2007 — the Bergerin Estate in Co Wexford — was imminent as we went to press this week.