There will be a lot of fanfare over the coming weeks to mark Gay Byrne’s 80th birthday, which falls in early August, as there has just been plaudits for Bill O’Herlihy, as he stepped away from the anchor seat of RTÉ’s sports department, having steered us through 10 World Cups and 10 Olympic Games on TV. And rightly so.

A Glee-style California-based music troupe has left some good vibrations buzzing in the heart of West Cork.

ONE of Britain’s fattest dogs has been put on a radical new health food diet in a bid to shift some of his bulk.

A visit to Tom Cruise on a film set, the Mini Cooper Charlize Theron drove in The Italian Job, and a kiss from Sharon Stone are going under the hammer this weekend to benefit a Los Angeles meals on wheels-style programme.

US-BASED Irishman, Joe McDermott, made one of the biggest moves of the day, yesterday in the rain-delayed De Vere PGA Seniors Championship at Carden Park, Cheshire, where he fired a two-under 70 for a 145 aggregate.

Brazilian Priscillo Diniz fired a five-under-par 67 to race clear of the field early in the second round of the Royal Westmoreland Barbados Open.