Peter Sagan has learned the hard way you keep your hands to yourself.

“So far, so good,” was the typically understated response from Shane Sweetnam as he continued his run of good form in the opening week of the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida.

Olympic bronze medallist Cian O’Connor ensured himself a fitting send-off from the Discover Dublin Horse Show yesterday when third in the €200,000 Longines Grand Prix.

DENIS LYNCH continues to speed on with Night Train, placing second in yesterday’s 1.50m jump-off class at the Global Champions Tour (GCT) show in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands.

THE controversial multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri is a step closer to becoming available for medical card patients.

MULTIPLE sclerosis statistics presented in the Dáil by junior Health Minister Tim O’Malley could be three times below the number of people affected, a neurologist has claimed.

THE father of one of the Irish victims of the human form of mad cow disease yesterday criticised Health Minister Mary Harney for "brushing aside" their plea for compensation for the families involved.

The father of a young man who died from vCJD warned questions must be answered after it emerged two Irish victims lived within a five-mile radius of each other.