In the so-called good old days, Listowel was always regarded as the real start of the National Hunt season.

Leading National Hunt jockey Paul Carberry has called time on his distinguished career due to an ongoing issue with a leg injury.

Rise Of An Empire, trained for Gigginstown House Stud by Noel Meade, recorded his third success over hurdles when making all to land the Investec Rated Novice Hurdle in Ballinrobe last night.

Last time out, Jack Slade served notice his turn was not far away, and the first division of the Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Hurdle on this evening’s eight-race programme at Bellewstown could hardly offer a better opportunity for Noel Meade’s gelding.

A judge has commended the “extremely brave and impressive” efforts of gardaí to catch a robber who swung a meat cleaver at them.

Tiger Roll retained his unbeaten record over fences when justifying 7/4 favouritism in the Midland National Ladies Day July 15th Novice Chase in Kilbeggan last night.

Venitien De Mai and Goonyella provided Jim Dreaper and owners Ann and Alan Potts with a one-two in the €50,000 Woodlands 100 Club Leinster National, the feature race of yesterday’s action in Naas.

Nearly Nama’d relished the heavy ground to land his second decent pot of the season at Fairyhouse in the Underwriting Exchange Dan Moore Memorial Handicap Chase yesterday.

Odds-on favourite Up For Review romped to an impressive win in the Grade 2 Dorans Pride Novice Hurdle, rescheduled from Limerick on Tuesday, in Punchestown yesterday.

Douvan should make a winning start to his chasing career in the Irish Stallion Farms Beginners Chase in Navan tomorrow.

A summit meeting for the dairy industry in the North has been organised by the Ulster Farmers Union in Belfast on August 27.

Black Label landed the €30,000 E.P.S. Handicap Hurdle, feature of last night’s Ballinrobe card for trainer Ado McGuinness and 7lb. claimer Jonathan Moore.

The relatives of an unarmed black man who died after being put in a white police officer’s chokehold said yesterday that the nearly $6 million settlement they reached with the city wasn’t a victory as they continued pressing for federal civil rights charges.

Just a week after registering his first racecourse success on Funny How in Cork, teenager Jack Kennedy hit the headlines with a double, on Eshtiaal and Mutadrik, for Gordon Elliott in Down Royal last night.

Irish trainer Paul Stafford kept up his fine run of form at Hexham as Better B Quick rewarded favourite-backers in the SIS Handicap Chase.

Trainer Gordon Elliott reached a notable milestone in his career — his first century of winners in a National Hunt season — when the Nina Carberry-ridden debutante Myztique landed the mares bumper on Student Day in Fairyhouse yesterday.

Protests have erupted across New York and in US cities from Georgia to California after a white police officer was cleared over the chokehold death of an unarmed black man.

Protests have broken out in New York City after a white police officer was cleared of blame over the chokehold death of an unarmed black man stopped on suspicion of selling untaxed cigarettes.

EIRCOM said it sees no signs of growth or increased spending by customers in the medium term.

Britain and Ireland’s amateurs needed a near miracle to win back the Walker Cup at Royal County Down today after being whitewashed in the second series of foursomes.

One of the leading lights of the Britain and Ireland Walker Cup side failed to shine on the opening day at Royal County Down in Northern Ireland.

The United States held the early advantage when they began the defence of the Walker Cup against Britain and Ireland’s amateurs at Royal County Down in the North today.

The Olympic gold-medallist Mark Lewis-Francis has escaped a ban after testing positive for cannabis at this year’s Spar European Indoor Championships.

Britain’s top long jumper Chris Tomlinson was beaten into second place at the Norwich Union Grand Prix at Birmingham’s NIA tonight.

THREE men, convicted but later cleared of the 1989 attack of a jogger in Central Park, will file a federal lawsuit seeking $50 million in damages for each of them, said their lawyer on Sunday.