Retiring champion jump jockey Tony McCoy has quite a bit to thank Summerfield in Cork’s Carrigaline for.

MARTIN COPPINGER and Brian Daly beat Gary Daly and Thomas Boyle by well over a bowl at Grenagh, thanks mostly to Coppinger’s brilliance.

What a terrific servant the venerable Fosters Cross has been to connections.

Christy Mullins had a decisive win over James O’Donovan at Shannonvale.

David Hubbard scored the line in 15 great bowls at Ballinacurra where he beat Paul Buckley by almost a bowl.

The final of the Willie Kenny Memorial A5 525 returned a fittingly classy performance from Local Student, who landed the spoils for owner Patrick Sheehy, Tralee, and trainer John O’Sullivan.

Bowling fans throughout the country are mourning the loss of Willie Carroll, the doyen of Connacht bowling, who died at the weekend.

Woodwards will offer a large stamp collection on November 30 in Cork city.

Joseph O’Brien followed-up his superb four-timer in Naas on Wednesday with a double on Great Explorer and veteran Fosters Cross in Leopardstown last night, bringing his seasonal tally to 60 winners.

Twenty-one years after the brilliant St Jovite gave him his only previous success in the Irish Derby, Jim Bolger won the race again at the Curragh on Saturday when trading Leather landed Ireland’s premier classic.

Aidan Murphy became the first holder of the Jim Geasley Cup when he beat Edmond Sexton in the last shot at Cobh on Sunday.

JAMES O’Donovan took thefinal honours of 2012 when he beat Christy Mullins by a bowl in the RNLI benefit at Castletownbere for €24,400 on Friday.

Terry Sexton completed an amazing three-in-a-row for East Cork when he beat Jerry Murphy in the Munster Junior B final at Waterfall on Sunday.

Irish greyhound racing will have its own Breeders’ Cup this year with the staging of the Night Of Stars at Shelbourne Park on Saturday, December 1.

Martin Coppinger beat Aidan Murphy in the last shot of a brilliant three-way Munster championship play-off at Skibbereen on Sunday — with James O’Donovan third.

RTÉ rugby commentator Michael Corcoran began his broadcasting career with RTÉ Radio Cork.

THE Tom Mullins trained Fosters Cross ran his rivals ragged to land the featured carlton.ie/galwaycity Handicap at the first stage of the Ballybrit festival last night.

GARY DALY had two important wins in three days when he beat Christy Mullins in the feature score of the West and Mid Festival at Ballinacurra on Sunday, hot on the heels of his last-shot win over Eamon Bowen Snr in the Mick Barry Cup at Ballincurrig on Thursday.

ÉAMON Bowen Jnr moved into the quarter-finals of the Munster senior championship when he beat Gavin Twohig by over a bowl at Templemartin.

PADDY O’DONOGHUE held on for a good last-shot win against a powerful late surge from John Creedon at Killumney in Pool 4 of the Munster Senior Championship.

GARY DALY made a winning start to his Munster senior championship career by beating Gavin Twohig in the last shot at Béal na mBláth on Saturday.

The general media world, which normally pays scant regard to the greyhound sector, suddenly discovered there is such a sport yesterday as a result of yesterday morning’s story in the Irish Examiner concerning the loss of meetings at Shelbourne Park this week due to the recent flooding problem.

DAVY RUSSELL worked his magic on the hitherto disappointing Bootlegger, carrying the Cork Constitution rugby colours, in the Scarragh Maiden Hurdle at Cork last night.

RECKONED by their selling agent to be the best new homes built in Leap in west Cork, the scheme Woodview Heights above the pretty village goes to the market this month.

HE trained to be a newsreader, but he never announced a headline.

THE failure by the authorities to activate Co Limerick’s major emergency plan when Newcastle West and wider areas of west Limerick were swept by massive floods on the night of July 31/August 1 is to be raised in the Dáil.

MANY people are still homeless as a result of last week’s flooding in Newcastle West and surrounding areas.

ANGRY residents and business people in Newcastle West claimed they are being “fobbed” off by Limerick County Council over the reason behind the flooding that devastated the town.

A DECISION not to activate Co Limerick’s major emergency plan to tackle huge floods will be raised at a meeting at council headquarters today.

THE Government must come up with a compensation package for businesses and householders hit by flash flooding in Newcastle West late last week.

NEWCASTLE West is a town which prides itself on enterprise and resilience.

Several cattle drowned and an elderly woman had to be airlifted to hospital today during freak floods that devastated homes and businesses.

HUNDREDS bid a fond farewell yesterday to a much-loved man who believed the arts and sport were the heartbeat of humanity.

A 57-YEAR-OLD man was killed after a dangerously defective lorry crashed into a bridge, dislodging blocks it was carrying, which fell 20ft on top him.

A BLOCKADE of a new €200 million motorway may be mounted by truck drivers furious over toll charges.

THE 28 members of Limerick County Council last year drew down a total of €668,100 in salaries, allowances and expenses.

MEMBERS of Limerick County Council claimed €157,076 in conference expenses during the first six months of the year.

A MOST interesting auction is due to happen on July 7, when the long-running saga of the inheritance of a Co Limerick family farm should come to a conclusion.

A PLAN to force rogue lorry drivers off the roads is set to be implemented by Department of Transport officials.

THE 84th anniversary of the Kilmichael ambush, one of the major engagements of the War of Independence, was commemorated on Sunday, November 28, in the presence of 1,000 people at the ambush site.

LIBERMAN has left the Tom Mullins yard and returned to England to again be trained by Martin Pipe.

MICHAEL O’BRIEN’S Swordplay made it two from two over fences when getting the best of a terrific tussle with Warrens Castle in the Mean Fiddler Organisation ’Chase at Tramore yesterday.