David Murphy gave a bowling masterclass in yesterday’s All-Ireland senior final at Grenagh, to beat Ulster champion Thomas Mackle by a bowl of odds.

So, the rumours that were rife for weeks, regarding Aidan O’Brien’s future at Ballydoyle, finally found their way into the media over the last seven days or so.

Aidan O’Brien’s rank outsider Qualify caused a major upset in the Investec Oaks at Epsom.

The sprawling rural escape described as a labour of love for Ryanair founder Tony Ryan is back on the market for an initial asking price of €6m.

A Waterford-born businessman who has lived in Australia for the last 30 years has emerged as the successful buyer of Waterford Castle, paying over €6m for the luxury hotel, set on an island on the River Suir just below the city.

Waterford Castle, a hotel and resort on an island in the River Suir two miles from Waterford City, has just been publicly placed on the international market guiding over €4.5m.

Another record was broken at Book One of the Tattersalls October Sales in Newmarket as the number of seven-figure purchases continued to rise.

The Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh on Saturday could hardly have got off to a worse start.

A son of the great Frankel, together with his dam Crystal Gaze, was sold for £1,150,000 (€1.4m) to MV Magnier in the inaugural Goffs London Sale at The Orangery, Kensington Palace last evening.

Al Shaqab Racing has purchased a “significant interest” in the Coolmore-owned Ruler Of The World, last season’s Epsom Derby winner.

The fourth richest man in China is on the brink of a €20m-plus deal to buy the prestigious Fota Island Golf and Hotel resort in Cork.

Joseph O’Brien will be crowned Irish champion jockey for the first time next weekend – even after Pat Smullen signed off for the season with a treble at Leopardstown on Saturday.

Mr Noel Magnier’s comments regarding the events surrounding Arthur’s Day cloud the real issues and is the another excellent example of how we, as a nation, refuse to really look in the collective mirror and take control of our country’s destiny.

The Arthur Moore-trained Claragh Native completed back-to-back wins in the Win A Diamond Ring Today Handicap Hurdle when landing a tidy gamble under an ultra-confident Davy Russell in Downpatrick yesterday.

JP Magnier is expected to remain in the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast for a few days after undergoing surgery on his back.

Camelot duly kept his unbeaten record intact — his score is now five from five — in Saturday evening’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh, but this was a classic which could be best described as a damp squib.

So You Think finished strongly for Carlton House to win the 150th Anniversary of Prince Of Wales's Stakes this afternoon.

BRITAIN’s largest pub owner, Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) — which counts Irish businessmen John Magnier and JP McManus as shareholders — has reported a 5% increase in annual revenue and a return to profitability.

SO YOU THINK is likely to stay race on next year, according to Coolmore Australia’s racing manager Tom Magnier.

Aidan O’Brien branded So You Think “an incredible specimen of a thoroughbred” following his gusty victory in the Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown yesterday.

So You Think’s ascendancy scaled even greater heights at Leopardstown this evening with victory in the Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes.

ASCOT Gold Cup winner Fame And Glory will drop in both class and trip to have his next race in the Ballycullen Stakes at the Curragh on August 20.

So You Think is set to have his next start in the Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on September 3.

JOHN MAGNIER is convinced So You Think was not at his best when beaten by Rewilding in Wednesday’s Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot.

ERIC McNAMARA saddled his first winner of the new National Hunt season when Hevelius landed the Frank Purcell Memorial Handicap Hurdle at Clonmel last night.

THE 2007 Champion Hurdle hero, Sublimity, turned back the clock at Cork yesterday with a game success in the McCarthy Insurance Group Hurdle.

THE wheel came full circle for a north Tipperary couple on June 14, 2007, when their fourth child was born in a car just outside a doctor’s surgery on the outskirts of Limerick.

JOHNNY MURTAGH yesterday ended months of speculation when resigning as stable jockey to Ballydoyle-Coolmore.

Johnny Murtagh has released a statement revealing he will no longer ride as stable jockey to Coolmore and Ballydoyle.

BRITISH pub group Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) – in which Irish financiers John Magnier and JP McManus have a sizable shareholding through their Elpida investment vehicle – has reported a 2% year-on-year increase in sales for the 12 months to the middle of September.

Starspangledbanner followed up his Royal Ascot win with a gritty display in the Darley July Cup at Newmarket today.

THE main independent shareholders of British pub group Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) – specifically British financier Joe Lewis and Irish businessmen John Magnier and JP McManus – have succeeded in overthrowing the group’s board after months of hostility.

BRITISH pub operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) – in which Irish investors John Magnier and JP McManus have a combined 17.5% shareholding – has announced a series of planned changes to its board of directors.

MANAGEMENT at British pub and restaurant owner, Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is preparing a submission to the British Panel on Takeovers and Mergers regarding what it sees as an attempt by some of the group’s largest shareholders to force control of its board.

ONE THOUSAND construction jobs for north Tipperary for three years, followed by 2,000 more jobs in the finished development sounds like a good deal that no government could object to, especially when no government financial assistance is being sought.

JIMMY MANGAN struck for the first time at the Festival when Next Week dug deep to beat Pires in the South West Bins Novice Hurdle at Listowel yesterday.

BUDDING entrepreneurs are being inspired by the successful business people of the past through a new website which celebrates innovation in the south-east region.

AIDAN O’BRIEN is odds-on with William Hill and Ladbrokes to register a third success in the Investec Derby after Black Bear Island led home stablemate Freemantle for a one-two in the totesport.com Dante Stakes at York.