Kya deLongchamps tours Wexford’s Johnstown Castle, a Gothic fantasy owned by Teagasc, opening to the public in Spring 2019.

Well-built Well Road home has the space and finish to give it wide appeal, writes Tommy Barker

Efforts are being made to remove the last remaining occupant from Apollo House in Dublin city centre, the High Court has heard.

Receivers appointed over Apollo House in Dublin City centre have launched a High Court action aimed at regaining possession of the property.

Residents living near Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork have been given a private tour to see progress on the multimillion-euro revamp of the GAA stadium, which is on course to host its first games next July.

The Irish High Court has jurisdiction to deal with a challenge by a group of Irish Investors, in a Radisson Blu Hotel in Southern France, against AIB bank’s threat to take over their shares.

Irish trainer Paul Stafford kept up his fine run of form at Hexham as Better B Quick rewarded favourite-backers in the SIS Handicap Chase.

Tony McCoy enjoyed a winner on what is almost certain to be his final visit to Fakenham when steering Artifice Sivola to a facile success in the King’s Lynn Handicap Chase yesterday.

Trainer Harry Fry is keeping his fingers crossed the decision to hold Activial back for a major handicap will pay off as the unexposed youngster bids to land a significant gamble in The Ladbroke at Ascot today.

Plunge horse Activial is among a final field of 19 for tomorrow’s feature handicap at Ascot, The Ladbroke.

WHEN thinking about the burning issue of water conservation, a little divine inspiration may be useful.

The news that Green REIT Plc has acquired the former Sun Alliance building — at nos 13-17 Dawson Street, in Dublin 2, for €23m — bodes well for the city’s crane count.

An Irish DJ has been invited to rock Glastonbury.

Thirty-nine jockeys were found in breach of a rule relating to the controversial start of this year’s Crabbie’s Grand National – but were given no more than a caution at a British Horseracing Authority disciplinary panel hearing yesterday.

UL 2-30 WIT 1-20

UL 1-11 Waterford 0-10

St Nicholas Abbey is recuperating in intensive care after undergoing complex surgery on a career-ending injury to a pastern.

St Nicholas Abbey is recuperating in intensive care after undergoing complex surgery on a career-ending injury to a pastern.

Denis Duff (Letters, May 29) believes we should at least consider nuclear energy as a potential source of power.

There were seven races at yesterday’s Cloyne Harriers point-to-point fixture at Dromahane and the Tom Keating-trained Mortlestown attained due reward for his consistency by winning a vintage first division of the five and six-year-old geldings’ maiden in the hands of ‘Corky’ Carroll, who immediately dedicated the victory to his stricken colleague JT McNamara.

A Junior Cert student was lucky to escape with his life early yesterday morning when he became bogged down in mud flats in an estuary as the tide was rising.

Back at the scene of his memorable Guinness Galway Hurdle success with Rebel Fitz, Mick Winters struck again at Ballybrit yesterday when classy mare Missunited made every yard of the running to justify 8/13 favouritism in the Easyfix Rubber Products Novice Hurdle.

Classy mare Blazing Tempo registered her ninth career success and sparked a double for champion trainer Willie Mullins and owner Susannah Ricci when justifying even-money favouritism in the Irish Stallion Farms Mares Hurdle at Kilbeggan’s final meeting of 2012 last evening.

Always Waining made Aintree history when winning the John Smith’s Topham Chase for the third year in a row and in the process ended a barren spell for trainer Peter Bowen.

Meath’s 1949 All-Ireland-winning senior captain Brian Smyth this week enjoyed a nostalgic return to Croke Park accompanied by his fellow Skryne clubmen, including Liam Hayes and Trevor Giles, who all hold All-Ireland medals with the Royal County.

Giles Cross may be odds-against to turn up in the Grand National itself but he left his connections thrilled after claiming a deserved big-race victory in the Betfred Grand National Trial at Haydock.

It appears that the debate on fracking has become laden with fear mongering and rumour.

THE recent letter by Richard Prendergast (October 13) is unfair in its attack on professional Irish educators.

KEVIN DOWNES confesses it was weird. When he entered the dressing rooms of the Staker Wallace club in Martinstown near Kilmallock last January, he was unsure. On a black winter’s night, he was introduced to the world of senior inter-county hurling, just over four months since he’d torn open the envelope and digested his Leaving Cert results.

IS there a more authentic sound of summer in Ireland than the drone of bees?

ALWAYS Waining may have missed getting a run in the John Smith’s Grand National by the skin of his teeth but he managed to achieve the next best thing at Aintree on Friday.

CORK hurling manager Denis Walsh acknowledges that there are some “serious” contenders in their training panel for a small number of places in the squad.

Robert Thornton was the happiest man on the racecourse at Exeter as he completed his miraculous return to the saddle.

THE pride of the parish, the honour of the little village – we read and hear those statements so often in association with the GAA.

A LIMERICK taxi driver, jailed for seven years on Monday for raping a teenage customer, was allowed to continue working as a taxi driver by a District Court judge following the rape allegation despite objections by Limerick’s most senior garda officer.

Nicky Henderson polished his championship contenders as Punchestowns and Binocular readied themselves for battle at the Cheltenham Festival with victory at Sandown.

Dream Alliance stayed on strongly for Tom O’Brien to land the Coral Welsh National at Chepstow for Philip Hobbs.

Ninetieth Minute helped move Ireland closer to a record haul at the Cheltenham Festival when his dogged Coral Cup success formed the third leg of a second-day four-timer for the Irish raiders.

Another Irish jockey looks set to win the conditional jockeys’ title this year — following in the footsteps of Graham Lee, Paddy Brennan and Tom O’Brien. Declan Colley met with this latest Irish riding sensation, Aidan Coleman.