The games take place on Wednesday at 7pm.

Captain Kyle Shelly kicked 2-8 (2-2 from play) as a strong, skilful and speedy Tipperary had the two points wrapped up by half-time.

The odds are that Nicole Kidman, Daniel Day-Lewis, Martin Scorsese and the producers of Chicago will be smiling deliriously come March 23. That is if the bookies’ Oscar predictions all come true.

Ladbrokes has stopped taking bets on this week's Big Brother eviction after a massive gamble in the past 24 hours on Spencer to be voted out.

Bookmakers were generally happy after Red Marauder won a thrilling renewal of the Martell Grand National.