It was all systems go yesterday at both the unaffiliated Millstreet Horse Show All-Ireland Championships in Co Cork and the Showjumping Ireland National Championships in Co Kildare.

Peter Brady from the Holy Trinity club in Belfast has claimed the first title of the 2007 National Intermediate Championships after receiving a walkover against Declan Geraghty of the Docklands club.

Irish boxers Peter Brady and David Joe Joyce had to be content with silver at the European Union Cadet Championships this evening after they both lost their finals in Sardinia Italy.

Reigning World and European lightweight champion Katie Taylor racked up her second win in the space of 24 hours following an emphatic victory over Kurluk Valeviya in the quarter finals of the Ahmet Comet Cup in Turkey last night.

THE man who brokered the recent €1.7m sponsorship deal for show jumper Dermott Lennon says he is planning to announce a further arrangement next week that will make the first “look small”.

A FATAL accident yesterday evening on a construction site, the third this week, has rocked the industry.

Fans of country singer Daniel O’Donnell today began gathering to catch a glimpse of the star’s wedding.

A quiet fishing village in Co Donegal was tonight preparing for an influx of fans for country singer Daniel O’Donnell’s wedding.