Ante-post favourite Don’t Touch will race from stall eight when he bids to stretch his 100% record to five in the William Hill Ayr Gold Cup on Saturday.

It’s often a good idea for startup founders to have a close familiarity with their product. For one scientist, contracting the tropical disease for which he’s attempting to provide a revolutionary diagnosis was not part of the plan.

An unusual entry to our Readers Picture competition caught our eye this week. A photo of the moment a man proposed to his girlfriend had us all asking - did she say yes?

St Brigid’s 2-12 Castlebar Mitchel's 3-13 (aet)

Limerick's Na Piarsaigh and Castlebar Mitchels took AIB Munster Hurling and Connacht Football Senior provincial titles respectively, while Portlaoise and St. Vincent's advanced to the Leinster Club SFC Final today.

A jury has found a trucking company and one of its drivers should pay $150 million (€109m) in damages to a 13-year-old girl who watched her family burn to death in a fiery crash on a Southern California freeway nearly four years ago.

A 26-year-old man charged with the murder of two pensioner brothers has been further remanded in custody.

We hear much about the magic of sport, but after a week like this might it be worth reflecting on what has become of that other great sport of magic?

Castlebar came to a standstill yesterday as the town united in grief and paid tribute to murdered brothers Jackie and Tom Blaine.

Gardaí are weeks away from approving measures to combat rural crime despite growing fears over a renewed spate of attacks on elderly people.

A 26-year-old man from the Ballina area has been remanded in custody after being charged with the murder of two elderly brothers at their home in Castlebar on Wednesday.

The scene of the double killing of two elderly brothers, Jack and Tom Blaine, at New Antrim St, Castlebar, Co Mayo.

Jennifer Lawrence will receive the Down Syndrome of Louisville's Friendship Award next week.

St Brigids (Roscommon) 2-11 Ballymun Kickhams (Dublin) 2-10

A Texas mother had a one-in-70-million kind of Valentine’s Day this year when she gave birth to two sets of identical twin boys.

Salthill/Knocknacarra 0-8 St Brigid’s 0-15

St Brigid’s 2-08 Padraig Pearses 0-09

Daredevil stuntman David Blaine lit up New York’s Pier 54 on Friday for his latest high voltage feat.

Jeremy Noseda is looking for Fantastic Moon to give him back-to-back victories in the Candy Kittens Solario Stakes at Sandown today.

A 25-YEAR-OLD man had to have his leg amputated as result of injuries he sustained after he was struck by a car taking part in an international rally event, the High Court heard yesterday.

The cast of ‘Glee’ are coming to Ireland for a series of concerts, it has been announced.

Illusionist David Blaine is to become a father.

Illusionist David Blaine has completed his latest death-defying stunt in spectacular fashion - by appearing to vanish into thin air.

Magician-daredevil David Blaine says he is unhappy with his latest stunt - hanging upside-down without a net high over New York’s Central Park for 60 hours.

David Blaine completed his “dive of death” stunt in New York today by plunging more than 40ft to the ground – and then disappearing from sight.

What’s David Blaine up to? Oh, just hanging around.

David Blaine has been warned his latest stunt could cause him massive internal damage and leave him blind.

DAVID BLAINE set a new world record Wednesday for breath-holding — 17 minutes and 4 seconds — fulfilling what he said was “a lifelong dream.”

He spent 44 days suspended from a glass box by the Thames and was buried alive for a week in a see-through coffin in New York.

David Blaine is terrified his new sleep deprivation stunt will leave him permanently brain damaged.

American illusionist David Blaine has escaped – again.

US magician David Blaine has been shackled four stories high over New York's Times Square to kick off his latest charity stunt.

David Blaine will spend two days in a spinning gyroscope before attempting to escape from shackles in his latest public stunt.

David Blane is set to take on one of his most terrifying challenges yet later this month when he attempts to escape from shackles while dangling above Times Square.

STUNT artist David Blaine had to be pulled from his aquarium in New York by divers after falling short of his goal of setting a world record for holding his breath underwater.

Magician David Blaine left the hospital today where he had been admitted for observation after being submerged in an eight-foot fish bowl with an oxygen mask for a week followed by a seven-minute breath-holding stunt.

Stunt artist David Blaine was pulled from an aquarium in New York by divers nearly two minutes short of his goal of setting a world record for holding his breath underwater.

MAGICIAN David Blaine says he is in “pretty bad shape” as he nears the end of his latest feat — a week in an aquarium — but vowed to go through with his finale of holding his breath underwater for nearly nine minutes.

Magician David Blaine says he is in “pretty bad shape” as he nears the end of his latest feat – a week in an aquarium – but vowed to go through with his finale of holding his breath underwater for nearly 9 minutes.

David Blaine has begun his latest stunt: spending seven days underwater in his "human aquarium" challenge in New York.

MAGICIAN David Blaine began his latest stunt last night, lowering himself into the “human aquarium” where he will live for the next seven days before attempting to break the world record for holding breath under water.

Magician David Blaine is due to begin his latest stunt today – spending a week living underwater in a “human aquarium“.

American illusionist David Blaine is undergoing a gruelling training schedule to prepare for his most difficult stunt ever.

David Blaine’s latest stunt – to hold his breath underwater for a record amount of time – will be broadcast on ITV.