THE man in the uniform said: “Mr Keogh, why don’t you cook your potato? If you cook them, you don’t have to talk to us.”

Despite its fatal role in the Famine, our love for the ‘humble spud’ continues, says Louise Roseingrave

BARGAIN hunters can look forward to the opening of 50 €2 euro stores across the country as well as 15 Home Saver stores over the next four years.

A leading wholesale company is to create more than 2,100 jobs expanding its high street operations.

DURING the week RTÉ televised a fascinating documentary on of the discovery in Dublin of the priceless Caravaggio painting, The Betrayal of Christ. Its whereabouts had been a mystery for more than 200 years before it was found hanging in the dining room of the Jesuits’ house on Leeson Street, where it had been for some 60 years.

THE equine world is focussed on the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby, which takes place at the Curragh tomorrow. But many of those in attendance will already have witnessed a thoroughbred derby of a different nature however, having gone to tonight’s battle football battle between Kildare and Laois.

A FIRST-HALF try by Presentation Brothers College winger Simon Zebo all but decided this exciting Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Senior Cup final at Musgrave Park yesterday.

The staging of the Gala All-Ireland Senior Camogie final together with the Erin All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling final is a dream come true for Camogie Association President Liz Howard.

JUST 10% of women in Ireland are participating regularly in sport and physical activity said Sports Minister John O’Donoghue yesterday.

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THE Gala retail group is to set up 40 new shops and create 500 jobs involving an investment of €48 million over the next 12 months.