It’s nearly 60 years since the polio epidemic struck fear into the heart of middle Ireland. It’s still not over, says Aileen Lee, for the hundreds of sufferers still affected by the disease

Irish trainer Paul Stafford kept up his fine run of form at Hexham as Better B Quick rewarded favourite-backers in the SIS Handicap Chase.

American troops in Iraq say the condition of refugees on Mount Sinjar is "better than feared".

Brand Synergy, the consortium featuring former world champion Nigel Mansell, today claimed they had saved the British Grand Prix.

A racing syndicate will be celebrating a rags-to-riches story if diminutive bargain-buy mare Evening Scent (ridden by Barry Geraghty) can lift the €130,000 Pierse Hurdle at Leopardstown on Sunday.