More intimidating than a midtown skyscraper and more confusing than Leaving Cert maths — tipping sends Irish tourists into a cold sweat even as they are supposed to be enjoying the white heat of the New York restaurant scene.

Audi Ireland today turned the sod for a new Audi dealership in Sligo, with 20 new jobs in the pipeline once it opens at the end of the year.

Kilkenny’s great hurling nursery is St Kieran’s College. Michael Moynihan visited a place where they take the game so seriously one of their pitches is lined to exactly the same dimensions as Croke Park.

Irish champion Rory McIlroy crashed to a disappointing seven-over-par 78 in the first qualifying round of the British Amateur Championship at Royal St George's in Kent.