On a night when the classy four-year-old Let’s Dance justified 1/12 favouritism in the opener, the Tom Gibney-trained Ah Littleluck captured the featured Brenda Anderson Memorial Cup Rated Novice Hurdle in Sligo last night.

The possibility that their six-year-old daughter’s under-lying medical conditional was not effectively addressed is “consuming” her family, a solicitor claimed yesterday as an inquest into the death of Aibhe Conroy continued.

INVERNESS CT  3 CELTIC 2: Celtic boss Ronny Deila pointed the finger at official Alan Muir for missing a controversial penalty incident in his side’s 3-2 William Hill Scottish Cup semi-final defeat to Inverness which ended hopes of a treble.

Inverness and Celtic warmed up for their William Hill Scottish Cup semi-final showdown next weekend with a 1-1 draw at a blustery Tulloch Caledonian stadium.

No intensive care bed could be found in four Irish hospitals for a young mother as she lay at “death’s door” days after an emergency Caesarean section, the inquest into her death has heard.

An own goal edged a spirited Inverness past league champions Celtic in the Scottish Premiership clash in the Highland capital.

A six-year-old girl was referred to hospital a number of times over a five-year period with vomiting and dehydration but no underlying cause had been established when she died, an inquest heard.

Lawyers for Michael Kivlehan told the coroner’s court that "if there’s an attempt to truncate the inquest or reduce it to a level that does not meet these requirements, the Kivlehans will be unhappy and take their unhappiness elsewhere".

The depths of Irish motherhood was underlined at the opening of an inquest into the death of a 29-year-old woman who died after she gave birth to her first baby in Sligo.

The family of an Indian woman who died a week after giving birth to her first child has been awarded almost one million euro in damages from health chiefs.

Inverness 2 Hibernian 0

A US-based provider of internet services is to transfer the domain name and the registration of www.rate-your-solicitor.com to a solicitor who claimed he was defamed on the website.

Here is a summary of each of the short-listed books.

Neil Lennon might wish to play it down but he watched his Celtic side take another confident step towards the treble with a 2-0 William Hill Scottish Cup fifth-round win at Inverness yesterday.

Celtic manager Neil Lennon made four changes to his side for their William Hill Scottish Cup fifth-round clash against Inverness at the Tulloch Caledonian Stadium.

A High Court judge has called on the Government to introduce legislation making it a criminal offence to post “patently untrue” allegations against any person on the internet.

Inverness 0 Celtic 2

Celtic 2 Inverness 0

Roddy Doyle is best-known for his gritty, urban writing style, but how would this style translate to a children’s book? Billy O’Callaghan finds out.

Inverness 0 Hibernian 1

A solicitor has brought a defamation action over comments posted about him on the website 'rateyoursolicitor.com'

THE husband of a woman who died following an elective hysterectomy at a private hospital said after an inquest at which a verdict of medical misadventure was recorded that they had “got justice” for his wife.

A NURSE has told an inquest into the death of a woman following an elective hysterectomy at a private Dublin hospital that she was “very sick” when she was transferred to the facility’s high dependency unit and the nurse “knew something serious was wrong”, an inquest has heard.

GALWAY City Council has moved to allay the fears of Magdalene survivors by quashing suggestions that a memorial statue will be relocated due to a new bus lane being put in place.

The well-known economist and journalist Paul Tansey has died suddenly at the age of 59.

Economic activity in Britain is picking up speed, according to economist Paul Tansey, who was speaking today at a breakfast seminar hosted by the Sherry FitzGerald group.

INTERESTING development during the week when Fine Gael leader, Enda Kenny, pledged the party will be pro business and pro enterprise in government.

A new economic study claims improved productivity will be the key to future economic growth here.

ANYONE earning more than €250,000 should be forced to pay 15% tax on all income before any tax allowances can be claimed, says a leading economist.

IT’S the cost of doing business, stupid, and not rip offs by the retail sector that’s driving up the cost of food.

There were today calls on the Government to act to make the tourism industry more competitive.