THE inherited love that Irish people have for the humble spud is growing again after a brief cooling off in the 430-year relationship.

The lawyers involved in the long-running trial of killer Graham Dwyer shared almost €900,000 in criminal legal aid payments last year.

Kilmeen 5-14 Grange 0-5: It was third time lucky for Kilmeen as they put on a superb display to claim the Cork JBFC title at Páirc Uí Rinn last night.

Here's what to watch on the TV tonight.

Dermot Bannon is back with a new series of Room To Improve tomorrow.

Equestrian: It came as no surprise on Tuesday that Tony Hurley was returned as chairman of ShowjumpingIreland for a third and final year.

Consideration is been given to staging show jumping at a number of greyhound stadia next year.

A Dublin man has been served with a book of evidence and sent forward for trial on multiple counts of child sex abuse and exploitation.

A Dublin man has been served with a book of evidence and sent forward for trial on multiple counts of child sex abuse and exploitation.

A brother and sister made no reply when they were charged with the murder of 63-year-old Thomas Horan, who was found dead in his sheltered accommodation in Dublin on Monday.

A review board has recommended that the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) file anti-doping rule violations against Lance Armstrong.

A specialist company, equipped with driving simulators, yesterday trained its 5,000th young person amid plans for major expansion around the country.

The highest earning lawyer through the State’s criminal legal aid scheme last year was Ian Bailey’s solicitor, Cork-based Frank Buttimer.

Farmers attending the Teagasc tillage conference heard about the growing interest in the new share farming business model.

BOBBY Ahern, Kinsale, Co. Cork won the Dr. A.E.J. Went 2011 Engraved Plaque for his 1.93 kg. Gilthead Bream caught at Courtmacsherry, Co. Cork on 3rd September last.

IT took over two months, but Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) yesterday identified the Sia Group as the consultancy that will undertake a review of Ireland’s poor performance at the European Show Jumping Championships in Madrid.

WILLIE ‘BIG BANG’ CASEY’S return to competitive boxing has been put on hold after a problem with the venue emerged yesterday.

TILLAGE experts are keeping a close eye on spring barley and wheat crops in the hope that the recent regional dry spells haven’t done too much damage.

THE completion of the 900 metre Limerick tunnel has resulted in the loss of construction jobs.

A NATIONAL plan for the tillage industry was sought at the Teagasc tillage conference in Carlow yesterday.

GRAIN price volatility is here to stay but will moderate in the short term, the Teagasc national tillage crops forum was told in Newbridge, Co Kildare, yesterday.

CIARAN POWER’S performances in the Kerry Mountains during Rás Mumhan over the Easter Weekend could strengthen his claim to a place on the Irish team for the Olympic road race.

TILLAGE farmers, after a prolonged period of uncertainty, are well-placed to make commercial decisions based on the realities of the marketplace, according to Teagasc.

Opposition to the landfill cites local wildlife, and risk of water contamination Seán O’Riordan.

NICOLAS ROCHE bids to succeed in one of the few races his famous father, Stephen, failed to win when he lines up for the national road race championship in Waterford on Sunday.

BRIAN KENNEALLY is bidding to reclaim the Rás Mumhan title — the highlight of the Easter Weekend cycling programme — but he admitted it will be a tall order.

DISCUSSIONS about sex, drugs and suicide will fill the halls of a Cork school this week but they are taking place inside the classroom rather than in quiet whispers.

Clare native Fintan McNamara has been chosen to referee Sunday's Gala All-Ireland Senior Camogie final between Cork and Tipperary.

THOMAS RABOU (Team AltiPower) justified his status as favourite by claiming the first yellow jersey of the season in the Credit Union Rás Mumhan in Kerry yesterday.

THE Martin Donnelly/Sean Kelly professional cycling team will make its Irish debut in this weekend’s five stage Credit Union Rás Mumhan in Co. Kerry.

TRIBUTES poured in from the rugby fraternity yesterday following the untimely death of Conrad O’Sullivan.

CHRIS NEWTON (Recycling.co.uk) maintained leadership of the FBD Insurance RAS with Malcolm Elliott (Yorkshire Trinity Capital) still the closest challenger after yesterday’s stage.

DAVID McCANN and Paul Griffin, team mates with the Giant Asia professional team, are the men likely to dictate Credit Union Rás Mumhan in Kerry over the weekend, but they won’t have it their own way when they join forces on the Earl of Desmond team.

DAVID McCANN will begin his build-up to a defence of his FBD Insurance RÁS title in Kerry over the Easter weekend, when he lines up as favourite to win the Rás Mumhan, the perfect prelude to Irish cycling’s showpiece.