It may be only six months since the 2010 Kerry Agribusiness Irish St Leger final was run at the brand new Limerick Stadium but a huge crowd will be convening again on Saturday to savour the 2011 decider where there will be very strong local interest.

MY father Raymond Crotty, a proud Irishman, wrote the following during the economic crisis of the 1980s. Unfortunately, it seems even more appropriate in today’s Ireland.

The daughter of the man who secured the right of Irish people to vote on EU treaties today urged the electorate to reject the latest reform package.