Ireland’s world-beating ploughmen Eamonn Tracey from Carlow and John Whelan from Wexford will between them bid for their 13th top-two-in-the-world performances, after winning their national test matches at Carlow last week.

Today’s Dr Harty Cup quarter-final clash with Castletroy College in Cahir marks new territory for Youghal’s Pobalscoil na Tríonóide.

MORE musical chairs in train along Cork city’s South Mall, where ground floor showroom/offices come up to let at a competitive €18 per square foot — just a shade under the €15 psf quoted for larger overhead first and second floor space.

A 26-YEAR-OLD dairy and beef farmer from Ardmore, Co Waterford, has been named the 2009 FBD Young Farmer of the Year.

THE 2007 FBD Young Farmer of the Year is Bryan Daniels, a 27-year-old dairy farmer from Kilmoganny, Co Kilkenny.