Gardaí in Ballyfermot are asking for help to find a man who was last seen in Dublin city on Tuesday.

“A 1960s sex-and-Polaroids scandal centring around an allegedly sex-crazed duchess seemed perfect for Cheltenham” observed Philip Hensher on his 1990s libretto for Powder Her Face.

Opening with the arrival of a flustered White Rabbit and ending with the murder of a Red Queen, Gerald Barry’s pick-and-mix of Lewis Carroll’s Alice books was a hysterical hour of operatic delirium.

THE Irish developers of one of Europe’s most prestigious golf resorts believe it will be hosting European tour events within a decade.