Crystal Swing matriarch Mary Murray Burke has said she’s “amazed” with the online reaction that the band’s latest music video is receiving and said it demonstrates “we can laugh at ourselves”.

Crystal Swing's Derek Burke has made his way into the record books.

PAUL Nolan is keeping his fingers crossed Alpha Ridge and Shinrock Paddy can make their presence felt in the Bar One Racing Drinmore Novice Chase at Fairyhouse on Sunday.

THE country’s golfing Oscars were handed out last night, with an outstanding contribution award for the man credited with packaging the south-west of the country into one of the most formidable golfing brands on the globe.

A MEDIA reception at the Irish Consulate in New York.

INTERNET singing sensations Crystal Swing played a sold out gig at Cork Opera House last night amid reports that they are set to perform on stage with British singer Lily Allen this summer.

There is no doubting the class of Jim Bolger’s 1000 Guineas winner Finsceal Beo and many believe her to be a cast-iron certainty for the Boylesports-sponsored version at the Curragh on May 27.

A decision on Arch Swing’s participation in the Stan James 1000 Guineas is on hold after the filly was found to have a temperature over the weekend.

Arch Swing, trained by John Oxx, just kept her stablemate Four Sins at bay to maintain her unbeaten record in the Dimitrova 1000 Guineas Trial at Leopardstown.

The International Criminal Court has issued its first arrest warrants, for five members of Uganda’s notoriously cruel Lord’s Resistance Army.

The head of the UN mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo is to leave his post.

Rwanda has warned it will launch an attack “very soon” on Hutu rebels sheltering in east Congo – an ominous development that raised fears of renewed central African conflict.

The Episcopal Diocese of California has sanctioned a retired bishop for marrying his same-sex partner during a church ceremony in San Francisco, according to a published report.