Tommy Barker says this split level house is back on recovering market.

Smoking Big Cigars earns the nap selection to land the Meath Handicap Hurdle on this afternoon’s card at Navan. The Sandra Hughes-trained gelding made his seasonal debut at Fairyhouse in November, and was sent off favourite to land a competitive handicap hurdle.

Andrew Purcell (Mitsubishi) is likely to be the barometer of the pace on Sunday’s Willie Loughman Forest Rally, the first round of the Valvoline National Forest Rally Championship.

Declan Murray is looking forward to taking on Mark English in the men’s 800m at the GloHealth National Indoor Championships in Athlone this weekend and make amends for a questionable lane infringement call at the Athlone International last Wednesday. 

Golfer Rory McIlroy’s case against former management company Horizon Sports Management has been settled. It is understood the golfer will pay the firm over $25m (€21.8m) in a once-off payment plus costs.

I wish to reply to a letter by John Mallon, of Mayfield (Irish Examiner, October 16).

An email sent by golfer Rory McIlroy in October 2011 indicated no difficulty with a proposed representation agreement under which he would pay commission rates of 20% and 5% respectively on his off- and on-course earnings, the Commercial Court in Dublin was told yesterday.

A dispute on the extent of documents which must be handed over for the legal action by golfer Rory McIlroy over a representation agreement for services provided by Horizon Sports Management will be heard at the Commercial Court next month.

Michael Winters is experiencing a fine run at present and Missunited’s handler sent out two winners in his absence at yesterday’s well-attended Dungarvan Harriers point-to-point fixture at Affane.

TODAY:

Barrister and accountant Kieran O’Dowd has been elected as the 34th president of Macra na Feirme, the first ever non-farmer to hold the office and Sligo’s first national president.

Split-level home with hidden lower half is exciting interest after its price reduction, discovers Tommy Barker

The family of a man who was gunned down outside his home in a contract killing 13 years ago has been awarded more than €750,000 damages by the High Court.

A woman whose husband was gunned down outside their family home has launched an action for damages over his murder.

They look lovely and last so long — well looked after dairy show cows come up shining year after year, with top winners from 2010 taking the red rosettes again last Sunday at Tullamore Show.

A memorial service will be held later today for a father and his two children who died from carbon monoxide poisoning at their home in County Sligo ten days ago.

A memorial service for the father and two children who died in their home in Co Sligo last weekend, is to take place in Sligo on Wednesday evening.

THE parish priest in charge of the school attended by brother and sister Kim and Harry Wallwork, who were found dead with their father at their home, has paid tribute to their loving relationship.

A middle-aged man found dead with his two children spent their last night alive visiting their sick mother in hospital.

IT was a case of the Plough and the Pilgrims in Athy when the logistics of organising the International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin next June were compared with those for the ploughing championships.

Tommy Barker finds a Bandon house with history in its blood and wooded grounds with pond, stream and an old bridge.

The Willie Loughman Memorial Forest Rally, the second round of the Petro Systems National Forest Championship was won by Trevor Harding/Andrew Purcell (Subaru WRC).

SO the price of Guinness products is set to rise yet again (February 20).

Tony Taylor has played his last game for Sligo's senior footballers this season - a serious knee injury, sustained in a club game, will keep the big midfielder on the sidelines for the duration of the summer.

The National Boy 1,2 & 3 Championships commenced at the National Stadium in Dublin yesterday with thirty seven preliminary round and quarter final bouts in the Boy 1& 2 categories.

IT was with mixed emotions that I read of the appointment of Willie Walsh as CEO of British Airways (Irish Examiner, March 9).

I DESPAIR at the UN Security Council’s condemnation of the Israeli crimes in Gaza.

FINANCE Minister Charlie McCreevy’s estimates indicate that as a result of benchmarking, public services are to be cut.

THE Irish rallying championship season gets underway on Sunday against the backdrop of a strong statement from the sport’s governing body, Motorsport Ireland.