Des O’Sullivan gives the final rundown on the ground-breaking auction at Glanmire taking place on Tuesday.

Des O’Sullivan says forthcoming sale features work of renowned smiths. 

More than €45,000 of public money is being spent just to get two third-level colleges in the south-east talking to each other about the possibility of resuming merger talks.

A sixth facilitator in two years has been appointed to try to get Carlow and Waterford Institutes of Technology back talking about merger plans for a possible joint university application.

Lizzie Kelly is feeling a mixture of excitement and trepidation as she looks forward to the ride on leading fancy Tea For Two in the William Hill Lanzarote Hurdle at Kempton today.

Des O’Sullivan gives a run down of the events at next weekend’s Irish Antique Dealers’ Association Fair.

Lizzie Kelly ensured a couple of bubbles were burst in the opener at Cheltenham yesterday as the rider made most of the running on 9-1 shot Aubusson to see-off a Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle field that included the much-vaunted pair Ballyalton and Racing Pulse.

Des O’Sullivan reports on this weekend’s James Adam sale.

Stand out pieces in collector’s silver sale are highly prized, says Des O’Sullivan with high values included.

Pair of very rare Limerick silver tablespoons with Old Irish

Cian O’Connor will give Blue Loyd his first international outing since the Dublin Horse Show when he travels to Caen, France, next week.

The Irish Pensions Board warned that pension fund trustees face criminal liability if found to be in breach of their statutory duties as it revealed 80% of schemes are in deficit.

Four out of every five defined benefit pension schemes are in deficit, with a number of them unlikely to survive under new statutory rules, according to the chief executive of the Pensions Board, Brendan Kennedy.

Ahead of an art sale, Des O’Sullivan reports

Rare treasures, writes Des O’Sullivan, will feature at Limerick Fine Art Fair

Any decision by Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) to delay until after the Olympics the publication of the review into last year’s poor performance at the European Championships would be flawed.

Billy Twomey is confident that he and Denis Lynch have won two individual spots for Ireland in the Olympics, saying that, with almost three weeks to go to the March 1 cut-off date, they cannot be caught by Spain’s Sergio Alvarez Moya.

Shane Breen obviously hopes Billy Twomey and Denis Lynch secure places for Ireland at the Olympics, but he also believes it is logical there should be a “level playing field” when it comes to selecting who lines out in London.

IT took over two months, but Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) yesterday identified the Sia Group as the consultancy that will undertake a review of Ireland’s poor performance at the European Show Jumping Championships in Madrid.

ANNUAL contributions by employers and employees to private pension schemes will be wiped out in many cases over the next four years to pay for the Government’s controversial pension levy, according to the Pensions Board.

GIVEN the disastrous repercussions of the stock market crash it defies credulity that trustees of Irish pension schemes continue to put members at significant risk of further losses.

The Pensions Board has said many people are being exposed to risks and possible further losses because of inaction by the trustees of pension schemes.

BOOKMAKERS believe John Smith’s Grand National success for ante-post favourite My Will could cost the industry up to £100m at Aintree on Saturday.

CHARLIE McCREEVY is allowing less than four months to figure out a way to put his decentralisation into action.

The former General Secretary of IMPACT, Phil Flynn, will chair the Decentralisation Committee to oversee the transfer of 10,000 public service jobs from Dublin.