IT Carlow booked their place in the final of the Sigerson Cup in dramatic fashion when Adam Steed’s 62ndminute goal defeated Letterkenny IT the fog in Inniskeen.

Many thanks to the man who tipped me off about a new book coming down the tracks — Gaelic Games in Society: Civilising Processes, Players, Administrators, and Spectators by John Connolly and Paddy Dolan.

MEMPHIS has Graceland and Elvis Presley’s body, the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris cradles the tomb of Jim Morrison but the latest shrine to a musical hero lies in the stony grey soil of Mullingar.

WHAT began as a mini revolt was last night threatening towards widespread rebellion as publicans around the country opened their doors to smokers.