Ed Power talks to folk legend and farmer June Tabor who tops the bill at Triskel in Cork for a weekend of music from the ECM label

Aidan O’Brien’s rank outsider Qualify caused a major upset in the Investec Oaks at Epsom.

Aidan O’Brien hailed Gleneagles as the “best miler we’ve had” after he completed a Classic double in the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh on Saturday.

Joseph O’Brien will be crowned Irish champion jockey for the first time next weekend – even after Pat Smullen signed off for the season with a treble at Leopardstown on Saturday.

At least three people have been arrested at US showings of the new Batman film amid audience fears following the Colorado cinema massacre.

Camelot preserved his unbeaten record in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh.

So You Think finished strongly for Carlton House to win the 150th Anniversary of Prince Of Wales's Stakes this afternoon.

Dreams of a first Triple Crown hero since 1970 are very much alive after Camelot routed the field in the Investec Derby at Epsom.

Camelot set up the mouthwatering prospect of a Triple Crown bid with a superb victory in the Investec Derby at Epsom.

It would be easy to envisage Richard Hannon’s link with the Coolmore empire growing stronger after an emphatic Salisbury victory for Pink Sapphire.

JOHNNY MURTAGH yesterday ended months of speculation when resigning as stable jockey to Ballydoyle-Coolmore.

Johnny Murtagh has released a statement revealing he will no longer ride as stable jockey to Coolmore and Ballydoyle.

Starspangledbanner followed up his Royal Ascot win with a gritty display in the Darley July Cup at Newmarket today.

A US soldier has been accused of holding his 4-year-old daughter’s head underwater as part of a waterboard-style torture because she would not recite the alphabet.

'X Factor' rejects John and Edward today signed a deal for show mentor Louis Walsh to manage their careers.

AIDAN O’BRIEN is odds-on with William Hill and Ladbrokes to register a third success in the Investec Derby after Black Bear Island led home stablemate Freemantle for a one-two in the totesport.com Dante Stakes at York.

Aidan O’Brien is odds-on with William Hill and Ladbrokes to register a third success in the Investec Derby after Black Bear Island led home stablemate Freemantle for a one-two in the totesport.com Dante Stakes at York.

Rags To Riches became the first filly to win the Belmont Stakes in 102 years when she got the better of Curlin in a thrilling battle for the final leg of the American Triple Crown in New York.

LAST YEAR’S winner Hurricane Run will be bidding to join an exclusive roll of honour at Longchamp tomorrow, as just six horses have done the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe double – five of them in successive years – with the last being the Vincent O’Brien-trained Alleged under Lester Piggott in 1978.

ALEXANDROVA proved a real star turn at York yesterday when completing a Group One hat-trick under a supremely confident Mick Kinane in the Darley Yorkshire Oaks.

Joint-owner Michael Tabor is confident his Stan James 2000 Guineas hope George Washington can stay the mile trip in the Newmarket feature on May 6.

KIEREN FALLON is eagerly looking forward to his second season as the Ballydoyle number one.

A COMPANY connected to the Coolmore Stud farm operation paid out over €1.4 million in dividends to shareholders last year.

KIEREN FALLON brought Hurricane Run from what looked an impossible position to take the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and complete a fine day for his Coolmore paymasters at Longchamp yesterday.

Mick Kinane is hoping St Leger hero Scorpion can sting Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe favourite Hurricane Run when the pair clash at Longchamp on Sunday.

MICK KINANE is hoping St Leger hero Scorpion can sting Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe favourite Hurricane Run at Longchamp tomorrow.

Hurricane Run heads a field of 15 declared for Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, with owner Michael Tabor not wishing to swap his charge for anything else in the end-of-season championship at Longchamp.

Kieren Fallon believes Hurricane Run will be a “different horse” in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe from the one that won his trial last Sunday.

Owner Michael Tabor will be hoping Bandini can cap a memorable eight days by taking the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs tomorrow night.

Billionaire New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner is coming to the Kentucky Derby with more than another World Series title on his mind. But he has plenty of competition to contend with, reports Simon Lewis

Kieren Fallon has been granted a licence which will enable him to ride in the Weatherbys Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival next week.

Kieren Fallon has applied for a license which will enable him to ride in the Weatherbys Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival next week.

KIEREN FALLON was last night unveiled as the new retained jockey for the Ballydoyle operation.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have found a cave in Israel where they believe John the Baptist anointed many of his disciples - a huge cistern with 28 steps leading to an underground pool of water.

Archaeologists have found a cave in Israel where they believe John the Baptist anointed many of his disciples – a huge cistern with 28 steps leading to an underground pool of water.

WITH less than seven weeks until the Vodafone Derby, running plans for hat-trick seeking trainer Aidan O’Brien’s stable are still up in the air.

Owner Michael Tabor may be out of the limelight in Europe at present due to the virus afflicting Aidan O'Brien's stable but he had better luck in America last night.

Johannesburg is set to tackle the season’s big sprinting prizes, his part-owner Michael Tabor has confirmed.

Aidan O’Brien’s Johannesburg looks set to make a surprise reappearance in the unlikely surrounds of Lingfield Park next month.