Pat Kelly has pulled off some jaw-dropping tricks at Cheltenham this last three years, but the man’s ability to slip into the shadows in the winner’s enclosure while thousands toasted his genius has to be right up there.

Virgil may have coined the phrase ‘Love Conquers All’ but it took Carol Drinkwater to reinvent it as a creative metaphor, writes John Rainsford

Lots of excellent telly on the box tonight, from talented folks to aquatic fantasy.

Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux have agreed the terms of their prenup.

The Woman who Stole My Life

Phyllis Murray fought a brave uphill battle to beat breast cancer.

Richard Dunne has described the call to retire from international football as "an extremely difficult decision" and said the memories of his Republic of Ireland career will stay with him forever.

Richard Dunne has announced his retirement from international football with 80 caps and eight goals.

The son of a Dublin woman whose body was discovered in a shallow grave in a Scottish nature reserve has been charged in connection with her murder.

Hiding arms, providing safe houses, and monitoring enemy movements all part of republican women’s role, writes Niall Murray

A businessman jailed over a €1.6m garlic import duty scam has had his record six-year sentence cut to two years on appeal.

Fruit and vegetable importer Paul Begley will have to wait a little longer to find out what his new sentence for a tax fraud will be.

To Rome With Love 3/5

SHOCK, surprise and success on the treble for Tipp.

Justin Theroux has met Jennifer Aniston's father, shortly after Aniston met his cousin Louis.

An actor and model has been ordered to do 240 hours' community service after he broke a pub doorman's nose during a drink-fuelled attack.

Actor and model Ross Hamilton has been remanded on bail pending sentence for breaking a pub doorman's nose during a drink-fuelled attack.

Comedian and former 'Bullseye' presenter Jim Bowen said he has learned to “appreciate all the things in life” after suffering two strokes.

Kenny, in effect, was trying to hurt Fianna Fáil by helping Mary Lou McDonald when he criticised Garret FitzGerald for suggesting Fine Gael should transfer votes to Eoin Ryan. At the same time he was trying to have us believe that he would not deal with Sinn Féin. He can’t have it both ways

SONIA O’SULLIVAN jetted home yesterday to launch the Munster leg of the McDonalds Little Athletics programme at The Mardyke Arena in Cork.

SENIORS’ rights campaigners have welcomed a penalty slapped on a bank which refused a car loan to a customer because she was too old.

TEARS of pride tinged with disappointment streamed down the cheeks of the devoted fans of Irish boxing star Paddy Barnes as the little man in red bowed out of the Olympic light flyweight semi-final.

A bitterly disappointed Paddy Barnes dismissed his achievement of reaching an Olympic boxing semi-final today.

A 30-YEAR-OLD man whose brother is a senator yesterday became the youngest ever vice-president of the organisation which represents the county’s 11,000 rank-and-file gardaí.

As both sets of supporters left Twickenham barely able to comprehend how Wales had managed to beat England, divine intervention seemed as good a theory as any.

A ceremony was taking place in Co Galway today to honour former Minister for Health Dr Noel Browne and his wife Phyllis.

THE late Fr Michael Cleary has been pilloried all week in the media since the riveting RTÉ documentary on Monday night.

THE television programme on RTÉ on Monday night At Home with the Clearys was a reminder of the megalomania of the late Fr Michael Cleary, a man who was always happy to be in the limelight as long as he was telling other people what to do.

BBC bosses have suspended EastEnders star Robert Kazinsky following yet another sex scandal to hit the soap.

GARDAÍ stationed at Ballybunion, Co Kerry, in the spring of 1999 have denied leaking information to the media that a convicted rapist was residing with a Dublin family who had relocated to the resort town under the rural resettlement scheme, the High Court heard yesterday.

Actor Michael J Fox laughed off criticism of his appearance in recent political ads in support of embryonic stem cell research, but said his mother was not as amused.

THE resignation of Father Maurice Dillane, 73, as a curate in Co Galway after fathering a child has again put the Catholic Church in the public spotlight.

Niamh Nolan

SPARE a thought for the mothers of the candidates running for the first time in this Friday’s local elections.

THE photographer is complaining. “It’s a disaster. He doesn’t know what he’s doing at all,” he says of Labour’s prospective MEP for East, Peter Cassells.

HE SPOTS her straight away. “Eileen! How’s the cherry blossom?” asks Gay Mitchell.