DE VALIRA is the nap choice in a fascinating Grade 3 Kilbegnet EBF Novice Chase at Roscommon this afternoon.

THERE was no dream return to racing for Ruby Walsh when his only mount of the afternoon, Salute Him, trailed in fourth of four behind Plan A in the Kerrymaid Hurdle at the opening stage of the Listowel festival yesterday.

THERE’S so much talk of the economy contracting, of jobs being lost, of incomes falling and of taxes rising that I’ve decided to recall a positive story this morning. A story of a business being started 20 years ago that nobody said could succeed but which has created jobs for its employees, wealth for various owners and a product that has provided a useful service to the public.

INDEPENDENT News and Media (INM) chief executive Gavin O’Reilly has been accused of “mad behaviour”, allegedly taping a heated telephone conversation with Denis O’Brien.

INDEPENDENT News and Media (INM) chief executive Gavin O’Reilly has been accused of “mad behaviour”, allegedly taping a heated telephone conversation with Denis O’Brien.

WITH 232 years’ service between them, the 16 staff at the Mitchelstown 4Home operation were never going to take lightly the closure of their workplace after barely three days’ notice.

PROPERTY developer Bernard McNamara and public relations consultant James Morrissey, directors of the company Varleigh, are pursuing Ronan McNamee and the IAWS food group for breach of contract.

AN all-Tipperary session of the Thomas Crosbie Holdings All-Ireland Schools Quiz took place last evening at Hayes’ Hotel Thurles and saw a very exciting contest between arch-rivals CBS Nenagh and CBS Thurles.

THE Fastnet Lighthouse conjures up different images for different people.

TRANSPORT Minister Seamus Brennan is considering legal action against the