Herta Fossett escaped from Czechslovakia in the ’50s and hailing from a line of circus performers, married into one of Ireland’s most famous circus families. She tells Deirdre Reynolds how her husband would have loved to see her awarded the ‘Oscar’ of the circus world.

The first lady of Irish circus has received a lifetime achievement award for giving enjoyment to people young and old.

AS a veteran politician, Arts Minister John O’Donoghue is well accustomed to walking tightropes, but he didn’t have to go on the high wire when he visited Fossett’s Circus in Killarney at the weekend.

FOSSETT’S Circus has said it may close after 115 years in business because of the rising cost of keeping the show on the road.

THE red noses in Leinster House weren’t just confined to the Dáil bar yesterday.