The annual old time threshing took place in Caheragh, West Cork and one machine on show offered a look at how feed for horses was once prepared. 

Prominent republican Thomas 'Slab' Murphy was further remanded on continuing bail when he appeared at the Special Criminal Court for alleged revenue offences today.

Prominent republican Thomas "Slab" Murphy was further remanded on continuing bail when he appeared briefly at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today for alleged revenue offences.

Prominent republican Thomas "Slab" Murphy is to get a High Court hearing in November in a bid to prevent his trial for alleged revenue offences.

THE EARLY morning knock on the door of an isolated farmhouse in West Cork didn’t only herald the arrival of air-sea rescue helicopters. It led to the biggest drugs case in the history of the State.

Four Derry men arrested during a Garda investigation into dissident republicans in Co Donegal have been further remanded in custody as the defence waits for a book of evidence to be produced.

A Northern Ireland man arrested as part of a Garda Special Branch investigation into INLA activity in Dublin has had his bail application adjourned for a third time as the defence was not ready to proceed.

TWO impressive trials had indicated Derby champion Razldazl Billy was as good as ever, but he sent out an even more emphatic warning on Saturday night when starring in the opening round of the Donal Reilly Easter Cup at a packed Shelbourne Park.

GETTING better as it goes up: that’s a visitor’s impression at 3 Rockview Terrace, in the old heartland of Cork’s Montenotte.

TWO detached properties are on offer in Glanmire, Co Cork, at the moment in the Glyntown area.

ALLFORMEGROG, heavily run when strongly fancied in the two most recent renewals of the Waterloo Cup, was again out of luck at Altcar yesterday when he started 5/2 favourite for the Altcar 1000, a valuable eight-dog feature.

Rose Martin ambles around an Elizabethan-style home that comes with its very own ruins attached.

PAUL HENNESSY may have had a blinder at Shelbourne but the opposite was the case at Curraheen Park where he had a mini disaster in the McCarthy Insurance Group Cork Oaks semi-finals.

A BUILDER who celebrated his 60th birthday last weekend was one of two men who died in an early morning crash in Co Kerry yesterday.

IT mightn’t be Rudolf and the other reindeer frolicking on the lawn — but white deer with a lineage stretching back 400 years does have a touch of magic about it.

Na Piarsaigh 1-6 Dohenys 1-4

MOST Fingal county councillors who will decide if the promoters of the 7bn Vega City theme park can apply for planning have an open mind on the project.

THE guessing game goes on and for owner Eddie Ryan and trainer Michael O'Donovan it must be a frustrating time as Serene Rumble remains on the doubtful list for Saturday’s Paddy Power Derby quarter finals at Shelbourne Park.