Liam Gallagher hasn't been softened by time, he's still harder than the Irish rain

Ella Queen of Jazz by Helen Hancocks (Frances Lincoln, €13.90 HB)

AT THE age of 14, Alison Comyn cycled every day to Bettystown beach during to summer to work in a newsagents, “pulling ice creams so I could have my own money”.

KEVIN MCLERNON was the heaviest man ever to go on ITV’s hit reality weight loss programme, The Biggest Loser.

Captain Shane Carey won yesterday's speed class with Cashla Bay at the four-star show in Poznan, Poland yesterday afternoon, while team-mate Cian O'Connor slotted Markopoulo into second, almost three seconds behind Carey.