USA: A cow in Northeast Texas has apparently defied great odds and given birth to four calves that have been named Eeny, Meeny, Miny, and Moo.

Munster 9 Connacht 7

Inverness 0 Celtic 1

IT’S the end of another long day on set and Jon Hamm sounds a little croaky. But while the hours might be proving arduous for the actor, his schedule’s nothing compared to that of his co-star Daniel Radcliffe.

Celtic 4 Inverness CT 1

Neil Lennon made one change to his Celtic side for their potential Clydesdale Bank Premier League-clinching game against Inverness at Parkhead.

Inverness 1 Celtic 3

Rami Gershon and Tom Rogic have been handed debuts in a much-changed Celtic side for their SPL clash with Inverness at the Tulloch Caledonian Stadium today.

Rangers 0 Inverness 3

Motherwell 4 Inverness 1

Inverness 2 Celtic 4

MUSIC NEWS: Lock up your children! David Guetta, and Example headline tonight’s dance event in Marlay Park, Dublin, and as we predicted in the wake of the Swedish House Mafia trouble, the powers that be are queuing up to get tough with those awful young people.

THE BIG four fashion weeks may have drawn to a close but a new season of sartorial eye-candy is only a wiggle dress away. With the fifth series of ABC’s Mad Men due to air on March 27, fans of the popular television series are already gearing up for Saturday nights in with Don, Betty and Joan.

Tullamore became the first club to win the All-Ireland Junior Cup twice in an entertaining final at Dubarry Park in Athlone on Saturday.

OWEN McKenna had the perfect start to Derby final week when he won Monday’s Catunda Harry Champion Stakes final at Youghal with the Lorraine Moore owned Pablo Supreme.

Irish canoeist Eoin Rheinisch admitted he could not be too despondent despite going so close to winning a medal in today's Olympic Kayak K1 Slalom final.

The eldest brother of the Mulhall sisters who killed their mother’s boyfriend has been jailed for five years for robbing two prostitutes in Dublin apartments.

An international stenography company employed by An tSeirbhis Chuirte was criticised at the Central Criminal Court today by Mr Justice Paul Carney who said it should apologise to prisoners awaiting sentence.

BROTHERS Aidan and David Murphy scored a double in the Mick Barry Cup at Ballincurrig to move a step closer to the King of the Roads in October.

THE triple bid for the Dutch bank ABN Amro from Fortis, Santander and Royal Bank of Scotland raises the possibility of AIB, the country’s largest bank, becoming a takeover target.

A doorman of a public house was gunned down by a pillion passenger on a motorcycle on a busy Dublin street, an inquest heard today.

Lawn Tennis Association chief executive Roger Draper is determined to bring the lucrative season-ending Masters Cup tournament to London in three years’ time.

Brad Gilbert has been urged to show his ruthless streak as he sets about the mountainous task of rescing British tennis.

Former rugby World Cup-winning coach Sir Clive Woodward is to meet with the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) to discuss whether some of his training methods can be used to help develop the careers of players like Andy Murray.

Women’s tour chief Larry Scott has hailed the call by Lawn Tennis Association chief executive Roger Draper for equal prize money at Wimbledon.

DUBLIN’S ISEQ index went into record territory early yesterday but ended the day up 23 points at 6,864. Its last record close was towards the end of July, when the Index hit 6956.

STOCK market panic hit the Dublin ISEQ yesterday and over €3 billion had been wiped off share prices by 11.45am yesterday morning.

A TAKEOVER premium is factored into the AIB Bank share price but not Bank of Ireland or Irish Life and Permanent, according to a leading banking analyst.

Brian O’Mahony, Chief Business Correspondent

Manchester United have confirmed Chinese import Dong Fangzhuo will be part of the Red Devils’ squad for their four-match Asian tour this summer.

WELL over €1 billion was wiped off the Irish stock market yesterday which suffered a dip of 1.7% on the day.

FINANCIAL services provider IFG Group’s shares are rated a buy by stockbrokers Dolmen and NCB in advance of the company’s 2004 interim results next Monday.

RYANAIR’S 12-month share price target has been raised to €7 by Dolmen Securities.

SHARES in Irish drug company Elan were hammered again in Dublin yesterday as news of a second death linked to its multiple sclerosis drug, Tysabri, hit the market.

IN the year to date, the Irish stock market has been the star performer of the stock exchanges, by making gains of 9.7%.

Australia’s Stuart Appleby feels a magical 59 could be on the cards in this week’s Heineken Classic.

Stockbroker Dolmen Securities has urged investors to sell Eircom shares.

Donal Hickey

GREENCORE shares fell by as much as 8% yesterday after 2004 results at the world’s largest sandwich maker fell slightly below expectations.

AIB has appointed Jenny Winter and Kieran Crowley as non-executive directors.

BUILDERS merchants and DIY group Heiton yesterday urged its shareholders to reject an approach from Grafton, the owners of the Woodie's DIY chain. The two companies broke off takeover talks earlier this week.

ANALYSTS are expecting an upbeat trading statement from Irish Life and Permanent, which could boost the share price, tomorrow.

AIB’S latest scandal may not cost the bank much in financial terms, but its reputation may be damaged for some time, a leading analyst said yesterday.