Outside, as a new economic recovery day dawns, the water meters are going in. Is this how we cherish the children of the nation in 2015, by measuring miserably their consumption of The Oil Of Life Itself?

The decisive moments in the National Coursing Meeting in Clonmel will take place on Powerstown Park this afternoon but with two days completed, it already feels like a success for the Irish Coursing Club.

KILKENNY booked their place in the All-Ireland Vocational Schools Intercounty Hurling final after they easily dismissed a spirited Cork challenge at a wet and windy Mourneabbey on Saturday afternoon.