Last Monday’s Irish Grand National evoked plenty of memories for Roy Craigie, many of them from long before he enjoyed an 11-year stint as Fairyhouse general manager up to 1999.

A 32-year-old man, who suffered serious brain injuries after the car in which he was a passenger collided with a tree, has settled his High Court damages action for €4.65m.

Mary (Cathy Belton) has just had her home repossessed. Jobless and desperate, and with child services breathing down her neck, the young-ish New Yorker decides to break in and occupy the fancy Manhattan home of a rich old lady (Ingrid Craigie).

The amount of construction equipment being auctioned off more than doubled in the last six months as builders hit by the economic downturn are forced to close.