Recent months have seen the passing of Gay Byrne, Marian Finucane and Larry Gogan. Keelin Shanley is due to be buried tomorrow after she passed away at the weekend.

THERE’S life in the old dogs yet. Another All-Ireland quarter-final weekend rolls along with Armagh in the mix and the obits of early 2008 seem a tad premature these days, what with Peter McDonnell’s side still doing what needs to be done and Stevie McDonnell still the bane of corner-backs pretty much everywhere.

THE seahorse isn’t just a fairytale myth— it’s a real live creature, almost worth its weight in gold, which could make millions for a newly set-up company in Galway.