In the course of compiling this week’s mart report, I discovered how some Russians can drink considerable amounts of vodka and still function.

I got a call just before 2pm last Tuesday from the Joe Duffy programme asking would I go on air to talk about that day’s IFA protest in Dublin.

The things I learned this week, while talking to mart managers and their staff.

DAMIEN VARLEY may have been sitting at his kitchen table in Limerick less than a fortnight ago but having been called up to the Ireland World Cup squad as an emergency replacement he is not content to just be along for the journey.

Patricia Zengerle reports from Washington on the President’s one-week break away from two wars, global recession and domestic politics.

IT’S the longest and most dramatic par 3 in world golf — and there’s a $1m on the table if you can ace it.

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