Volkswagen Group Ireland has appointed Lars Himmer as managing director, effective from January. He replaces Simon Elliott, who left in September for MAN UK.

A man who became trapped in the attic of a house he broke into has been jailed for 18 months.

Desperate Dan’s glory days are over and even Macca marked his move to the web, says John Daly

Britain’s longest-running children’s magazine The Dandy will print its last edition tomorrow.

The final printed issue of the UK's longest-running children's comic will be released on its 75th birthday in December.

INXILE notched the eighth listed win of his career, and his fourth in Ireland this season, when making all to land the Abergwaun Stakes for the father and son combination of Dandy and Adrian Nicholls at Tipperary last night.

GOLF guru Andrew “Chubby” Chandler wants to aim higher with Hoof It after the four-year-old attempts to defy the welter burden of 10st in the Blue Square Stewards’ Cup at Goodwood.

HUGHIE Morrison is afraid the ground could go against Pastoral Player in the Shadwell Stakes at Newbury today.

DANDY Nicholls’ globe-trotting and appropriately named Inxile powered home to land the Listed Galteee Midsummer Sprint Stakes at Cork yesterday.

DANDY BOY continued David Marnane’s tremendous season when landing the Irish Stallions Farms Race at Dundalk yesterday.

ADRIAN NICHOLLS completed a memorable weekend when landing the Group 3 William Fry Sapphire Stakes on Tax Free at the Curragh yesterday.

Bookmakers’ nightmare Tony Martin has shaken up the market for the John Smith’s Northumberland Plate as Arc Bleu sneaked into Saturday’s big race at Newcastle as the first reserve.

Dandy Nicholls will be five-handed in his bid to win the totesport Ayr Gold Cup on Saturday and he made a flying start to the three-day fixture when Northern Bolt won the opening You Can't Predict FA Maiden Auction Stakes today.

Indian Trail has been promoted to favourite for the Ayr Gold Cup after snatching victory in the Betfredbingo Be Friendly Handicap at Haydock.

Jockey Neil Callan is in top form at present and he made it nine winners in the past seven days when completing a near 10-1 double on Rio Taffeta and Bahamian Ballet at Catterick.

Dandy Man has been rerouted to Naas on Monday after soft ground ruled him out of the Betfair Temple Stakes at Sandown.

Tracey Collins admits being “apprehensive about the ground” ahead of Dandy Man’s scheduled run in the Betfair Temple Stakes at Sandown tomorrow evening.

It’s Rome in the 1960s and three young criminals — Lebanese (Pier Francesco Favino), Ice (Kim Rossi Stuart) and Dandy (Claudio Santamaria) — decide to step up a class.

Hallo Dandy, winner of the 1984 Grand National, was put down yesterday aged 33.

On trainer Alan Swinbank's first day out racing since Collier Hill won a £600,000 (€890,700) first prize in Hong Kong, Ring The Boss and Arctic Echo added a total of £8,132 (€12,100) to the stable coffers following two fine efforts at Catterick.

REALLY looking forward to Dandy Man attempting to establish himself as the champion sprinter in this afternoon’s Nunthorpe Stakes at York.

Dandy Man, Con Collins’ highly-rated colt, is in rare form ahead of a likely tilt at the VC Bet Nunthorpe Stakes at York on August 24.

DANDY MAN confirmed he is the best sprinter this country has produced for a while with a scintillating display in the Listed King Of Beers Stakes at the Curragh yesterday, writes Pat Keane.

Brazilian apprentice Silvestre de Sousa stole the limelight when he booted Handsome Cross home a narrow winner of the GNER Scottish Cup at Musselburgh.

With a Cheltenham Festival success to his name already in 2006, John Joseph Murphy turned his attention to the Flat and struck at the top level when registering his first Group-race success with Pout in the Ridgewood Pearl Stakes at the Curragh.

Gift Horse has come in for strong support after it was confirmed Kieren Fallon will ride the gelding in Saturday’s William Hill Sprint Cup.

Paul Blockley is hoping Come Out Fighting can go on to better things after opening his account in pleasing fashion at Hamilton today.

Carrie Ford will have some expert advice before she embarks on her historic bid to become the first woman to ride the winner of the John Smith’s Grand National.

Desert Orchid and 1984 Grand National winner Hallo Dandy will be on parade at the final public open day at the current site of the Thoroughbred Rehabilitation Centre at Nateby, near Preston, on June 20.

HALMAHERA, a Vodafone Stewards’ Cup regular, will bid to land his first victory in the £100,000 handicap at the fifth attempt today.