NOT even wind and rain could dampen spirits at the first civil marriage ceremony at Cork City Hall yesterday.

AUTUMN show jumping leagues could be under threat amid doubts over the standard of insurance cover provided by ShowjumpingIreland (SJI), Ballyrafter proprietor Anne Waistell claimed yesterday.

THE tragic death of two Irish women in a hit-and-run accident in Rome last week had touched the entire country, mourners at a funeral mass for one of the victims heard yesterday.

Defending champion and Irish international Maria Dunne (Skerries) has safely made it through to the semi-finals of the Clarins Leinster Ladies Golf Championships at Grange Golf Club.