Ballincollig 1-12 Fr O’Neill’s 0-08

HUNDREDS of hard- pressed Irish widows are to descend on Leinster House in Dublin tomorrow to protest against the avalanche of welfare cuts and tax increases faced by their members and others.

AT TIMES of turmoil like these, we usually go to Breandán O hEithir for consolation.

PUNTERS were left cursing their luck at Limerick last night after Turks Wood had fallen at the final flight in an incident-packed Holmes O'Malley Sexton Novice Hurdle.

THE “ignorance” of the State forestry service Coillte has left contractors on the brink of collapse, a report has claimed. Since the forestry industry switched over from chainsaws to harvesting machines costing €250,000 or more, contractors have invested heavily with the aid of EU grants.