Pat MacAuliffe shows us around his 1966 Ford Corsair.

“Up the airy mountain, down the rushing glen,we dare not go a hunting, for fear of little men.”

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The singing Cork barman, who became an overnight viral sensation, has professionally recorded a song for charity - and it is wonderful.

ACTORS Eva Longoria, Alec Baldwin, Tom Hanks and Gwyneth Paltrow have all kicked their sugar habit.

For fear we may never see his likes again, should we not seek a sample of Christy Moore’s DNA and put it in a time capsule?

Glór Theatre, Ennis, Co Clare

Willie Supple got Dana’s Present up in the last stride to grab the spoils in a three-way photo finish to the Clipper Logistics Leger Legends Stakes at Doncaster yesterday.

The Penguin Book of Irish Poetry

The cream of Irish singing talent, as well as Munster rugby, features on a new CD aimed at raising funds for a young rugby player.

MADNESS was embraced and celebrated yesterday during the country’s first Mad Pride Day.

Hardy Eustace landed his second successive Coral Ascot Hurdle with a typically gutsy display that strongly suggests Father Time has yet to master the dual Champion Hurdle winner.

Luca Cumani has a big couple of weeks coming up what with Purple Moon going for glory Down Under, but he can walk away with a nice prize at Doncaster courtesy of Kahara.

East Tycoon received a warm welcome from the Stratford crowd after collecting his fourth course victory in the totesport.com Handicap Chase on Sunday.

Quarterback opened his account after a few fair efforts in the toteplacepot Novices’ Hurdle at Stratford.

LITTLE Mary Cunningham’s family will soon mark her first birthday — a milestone doctors predicted she would never live to see.

Alan King pulled off a fine training feat when he sent out Fleetwood Forest to win the WBX.COM World Bet Exchange Handicap Hurdle at Huntingdon after a 628-day lay-off.

NICANOR, winner of the SunAlliance Novices' Hurdle at Cheltehnam, got an enterprising drive from champion-elect Ruby Walsh in the Dunboyne Castle Hotel and Spa Champion Novice Hurdle.

Nicanor followed up his Cheltenham Festival success in gritty style when taking the Grade One Dunboyne Castle Hotel & Spa Champion Novice Hurdle on the final day of the Punchestown Festival.

IT was all smiles and positive stuff on the Late Late Show Eurosong special, in spite of John Waters, last Friday night.

THIS year’s Eurovision song selection has been made all the easier following the ejection of one of four entries from the competition.

One of the final four songs selected for The Late Late Show-Eurosong 2006 this Friday night will be ineligible for the competition, under Eurosong and Eurovision rules, RTE has announced.

A bad day for favourite backers worsened at Ludlow when a third successive short-priced horse, Marcel, was beaten in the Dinham Beginners' Chase by Norma Hill.

UNLUCKY to have been passed over for an Allstar award, Ardmore’s Seamas Prendergast has the compensation of being named ‘Waterford Hurler Of The Year.’

A FARM on the edge of a Co Cork village is set to be transformed into the equivalent of a bustling town that will be packed with up to 150,000 people over the next three days.

His Seven Barrows stable may be enduring a frustrating time at the moment but Nicky Henderson was given a welcome lift by Papini at Newbury today.

Azertyuiop made an impressive reappearance to defy top weight in the William Hill Haldon Gold Cup at Exeter today.

Connections of Monty’s Pass are expecting the 11-year-old to make a bold bid to repeat last year’s memorable victory in the Martell Cognac Grand National on Saturday.

Red Wine is on course for a crack at the JCB Triumph Hurdle after landing an easy success at Newbury.

IRISH musicians are hoping their plea to stop US military aircraft refuelling at Shannon will strike the right chord with the Government.

Cork have named their team for the Allianz National Hurling League semi-final with Tipperary at Pairc Ui Chaoimh on Sunday.

Jimmy Frost hung up his riding boots on a winning note after Bohill Lad landed the Exeter Racecourse Conference Centre Handicap Hurdle at Exeter.

Record-breaking jockey Tony McCoy gained one of the most dramatic successes of his distinguished career when Family Business finished alone after being remounted in the Feast Of St Raymond Novices’ Chase at Southwell.

Sickness forced Tony Dobbin gave up his only ride at Wetherby this afternoon but the north’s leading jump jockey is set to return at Sedgefield on Wednesday.