After Hurricane Irene in 2011, a couple of Bruce Springsteen fans were visiting the New Jersey Shore town of Belmar, a defining district of the so-called Irish Riviera.

Sneaking onto derelict housing estates to plant trees and commit other crimes of beauty may sound a little odd, but mounting frustration with the eyesores left over from the building boom has finally reached a tipping point.

SEVEN-YEAR-OLD mare End Of The Affair outstayed her rivals to register the six win of her career in the featured boylesports.com Handicap over two miles at Dundalk yesterday.

A DUBLIN City Councillor has denied a conflict of interest where he is acting as solicitor in a case where a local community association is seeking to evict a drug treatment programme from a building.

PHILIP Mitchell may have plenty of satisfying memories from his training career, but he can hardly have been prouder than at Lingfield as his sons, Jack and Freddie, were among the winners.

MICHAEL HALFORD introduced a smashing newcomer in Casamento, the first horse he has trained for Sheikh Mohammed, to win the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden at Tipperary last night.

A ROW has broken out among Dublin councillors over a proposal to name the Dublin Port Tunnel in honour of Charles Haughey.

DAZZLING BAY is fancied to take all the beating in the six-furlong Ripon, Cathedral City of The Dales Handicap at the North Yorkshire track today.

Ireland and Britain recorded an impressive 6-2 victory over Cuba at Dublin’s National Stadium after Olympic champion Mario Kindelan was forced to withdraw at late notice.

DAVID Oliver Joyce of St Michael’s, Athy proved that this year’s senior boxing championships were not just about one boxer.

ANDY LEE will be the star attraction again when he defends his middleweight title at the finals of the national championships in the National Stadium tonight.

ANDY LEE made a triumphant return to the National Stadium when he launched another defence of the national senior middleweight title he won two years ago with a very impressive 19-8 victory over Hugh Joyce (St. Michael's, Athy).