There were scenes of unbridled joy as a young girl was reunited with her therapy pony.

Jack Bruce, the composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist, died today of liver disease, aged 71.

Three of Samuel Beckett’s short plays to run at Everyman, says Colette Sheridan

NEWLY-ELECTED TDs Jonathan O’Brien and Mick Wallace were on opposite sides of the football divide in Turner’s Cross last night but it was Cork City who topped the poll, beating Wexford Youths with a goal before half-time from Vinny Sullivan, the striker who has returned from Waterford United for a second stint on the Lee.

Music legend Eric Clapton is to sell off part of his extensive guitar collection – including one he played on stage with Cream – to raise hundreds of thousands for his rehab clinic.