Former US president George H.W. Bush suffered a neck fracture in a fall at his home in Maine, though he was listed in stable condition and his hospital stay was expected to be brief, his spokesman said.

"I made money nearly every day last year," John Francome begins before delivering the punchline with precision timing.

Former US president George HW Bush has been released from a Houston hospital after a stay of about a week following treatment for shortness of breath.

Former US president George HW Bush will remain in a Texas hospital through the weekend after experiencing shortness of breath earlier this week.

Former US president George HW Bush has been taken to a Texas hospital after experiencing a shortness of breath.

Irish Examiner racing correspondent Pat Keane joined Channel 4 experts Jim McGrath, Graham Cunningham, Tanya Stevenson and Mick Fitzgerald, along with Racing UK presenters Rishi Persad, Oli Bell and Gordon Brown and former jockey Kirsty Milczarek, to offer some guidance and insight into who and what to look out for in the year ahead.

Greater use of ‘restorative practice’ in disadvantaged families, communities and in schools would help to prevent homelessness, veteran social campaigner Fr Peter McVerry has said.

It would have to be described as one of Jim Bolger’s finest hours. That performance by his Dawn Approach, in the St James’ Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday, was quite extraordinary.

Former President George H.W. Bush’s condition continued to improve today, prompting doctors to move him out of intensive care, a spokesman said.

Former US President George HW Bush’s condition continues to improve and he has now been moved out of intensive care.

Former US president George H.W. Bush has been admitted to a hospital intensive care unit “following a series of setbacks including a persistent fever”, but he is alert and talking to medical staff, his spokesman said.

Former US president George H.W. Bush will spend Christmas in a Texas hospital after developing a fever and weakness following a month-long, bronchitis-like cough, his spokesman said.

The HSE began conducting emergency interviews yesterday to recruit extra nurses to deal with patient overcrowding at Limerick’s main hospital.

THIS week, Ted Walsh continues his long-standing love affair with the Cheltenham festival.

THOSE of us who had pencilled in Mount Benbulben as a possible Cheltenham festival winner weren’t half left gasping for breath after he was beaten out of the gate by Boston Bob in a Grade 1 hurdle at Navan last Sunday.

NURSES have suspended walk-outs which they have staged over conditions at the & Emergency Department (ED) of the Mid-West Regional Hospital.

NURSES at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick yesterday staged a third walkout over what they claimed were dangerously overcrowded conditions in the emergency department (ED) as a union leader insisted they were not for turning on the issue.

NURSES in Limerick are set to take part in a third day of industrial action over concerns the facility’s emergency department is a danger to the public’s safety.

Health Minister James O'Reilly is being warned that patients lives are being put at risk because of staff shortages in hospitals around the country.

NURSES in Limerick yesterday staged a four-hour work stoppage against “unsafe” overcrowding in the &Mid-West Regional Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED).

THE Health Service Executive has rejected pleas from unions not to impose cost-containment measures aimed at meeting a €16 million overspend at the mid-west’s largest hospital.

THE much-hyped Frankel made it a magnificent seven from seven in the St James’ Palace Stakes at Ascot on Tuesday, but this really was most disappointing.

WATERFORD GAA chiefs are hopeful of breaking even by year’s end despite the downturn in the economy.

THERE are many signals that the onset of championship action is growing closer.

JIM McGRATH knows all about the dog days of Waterford football.

THE last time Ginger Romano saw Ted Kennedy, she wasn’t at her best.

Former US first lady Barbara Bush is recovering in hospital today after open heart surgery to replace her aortic valve.

US President George W Bush’s mother Barbara is in a Texas hospital after complaining of a “little bit of pain”, it was announced today.

Fleeting Spirit will be prepared for a crack at the King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot after setting a new course record in the betfred.com Temple Stakes at Haydock.

Clive Smith has every confidence in Kauto Star landing back-to-back King George VI Chases at Kempton on St Stephen's Day.

A detective in the Kieren Fallon race-fixing trial today denied trying to bury evidence potentially useful to the defence.

A detective in the Kieren Fallon race-fixing trial today denied trying to suppress comments from Channel 4 Racing pundit Jim McGrath.

THERE are very few handlers in this country capable of playing the system with the same skill as Tony Martin.

BBC commentator and Daily Telegraph journalist Jim McGrath has been unveiled as a new face on satellite channel At The Races.

Forest Gunner produced an exhilarating round of jumping to make virtually all in the betfair.com Grand Sefton Handicap Chase at Aintree today.

Timeform’s Jim McGrath has been nominated as an independent director of the British Horseracing Board.

Former US President George Bush is planning to go ahead with an 80th birthday parachute jump this weekend following the week of mourning for the late President Ronald Reagan.

Frankie Dettori made the most of a rare visit to Pontefract with a treble on Dumfries, Rules For Jokers and Boston Lodge.

Joe Fanning took his score for the season to 62 with a double on Tangled Up In Blue and Murghem at Haydock and is well on course to setting a new personal best before the term is out.

Gardaí searching for two brothers in their 30s, who have been missing since last weekend, today found a man’s body in a river.