“Does it make any sense to have the major political parties tussling for power where, for so long, the width of a sheet of tissue paper scarcely separated their policies?” Bill O’Herlihy asked in his oration yesterday at Béal na mBláth.

That Brian Lenihan worked through his illness was no surprise to those who knew him, writes John Downing

Finance Minister Brian Lenihan yesterday became the first Fianna Fáil minister to address the annual commemoration of the death of Michael Collins at Béal na mBláth.

The Irish Turf Club has overturned two race victories from earlier this year after the winning horses tested positive for drugs.