A Grade 1 winner at the Punchestown Festival in April, the Tony Martin-trained Dedigout made a successful start over fences when coasting to a 34 lengths win in the opening beginners’ chase in Punchestown yesterday.

Bray Wanderers left it late to capitalise on local girl Katie Taylor’s feel-good factor when equalising in the fourth minute of added time to pinch a point against fellow strugglers Dundalk.

Sisters smuggled appeal to Haughey

ST SENAN’S caused the biggest shock in the opening round of games in the Munster Junior League as Killarney and Charleville lifted silverware.

For Annie Predun it was a whirlwind romance. Her new man was warm, funny and made her feel as if she was the only woman in the world. For Sean Whelan she was — until he got $100,000. Michael Clifford unravels the background to the story

The hurlers of Carlow and Offaly will have to meet again to decide the Walsh Shield title after today's game at Dr Cullen park was abandoned due to a serious injury to David Kenny in extra-time.

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A RECEIVER has been appointed to the company that owns the popular Citywest hotel in Dublin.

One of the country’s largest hotel complexes was tonight taken into receivership.

GEORGE LEE can return to RTÉ on the same salary he left on and with his old title of editor.

CONTROVERSY surrounds a new statue of IRA chief of staff Sean Russell, erected in Dublin this week to replace an earlier monument damaged by those protesting against the republican’s links to the Nazis.

A YOUNG footballer, Micheal Roche, from the Glynn-Barntown club, has successfully appealed against a 48-week ban for an alleged assault on a referee in a minor club game in Wexford.

THE talk was about fear of lost jobs, of decimated pension funds and of unmanageable mortgages but it was clear from the weekend’s massive workers’ demonstration that the real fear among the trade unions was of a divided membership.

Up to 120,000 people marched through Dublin today in an emotional and angry national demonstration over the Government’s handling of the economic crisis.

STEPHEN HARVEY was the hero for Villiers School in yesterday’s titanic tussle with St Mary’s CBS (Tralee) in the Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Senior Cup round one tie at Tralee RFC.

EIGHTEEN north Dublin cottage owners are set for a €2 million windfall each after putting their homes jointly up for sale.

WEXFORD GAA chiefs are to launch an investigation into the alleged assault of two umpires at a local championship game on Saturday.

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Ireland’s ambassador to Turkey, Sean Whelan, died today. He was 61.

Four men with addresses in Co Laois, Co Cork and Dublin were remanded in custody today after being charged in connection with a cannabis seizure in Portarlington on Friday night.