Youghal’s Mary Linehan-Foley could claim a big scalp with a hard campaign on the ground, reports Sean O’Riordan

While bookmaker and former government minister Ivan Yates admitted taking bets in a well-known Dublin pub, he has insisted there was “no attempt to break the law”. In an interview on the eve of Cheltenham 2008 with Irish Examiner reporter Conor Kane, he explains why.

REPRESENTATIVES of more than 80% of Irish bookmakers have agreed to support “responsible gambling” by signing up to an agreement with leading charity Gamcare.