A bungalow with beach and bay views near Annestown on Waterford’s Copper Coast is attracting good interest from overseas.

The first Irish equines exported to China under a ground-breaking protocol signed last July arrived last Monday.

Size: 325 sq m (3,500 sq ft)

Looking for somewhere novel to bring your dad this father’s day? Pól Ó Conghaile has 10 great suggestions to suit all budgets.

Sarah Ennis was typically determined yesterday as she aimed to turn around a disappointing dressage score with BLM Diamond Delux in the feature CCI three-star at Tattersalls Horse Trials.

It could be argued that Sam Watson’s single-mindedness at Ballindenisk last week cost him a shot at the €50,000 bonus on offer next September.

Cian O'Connor brought his Olympic bronze medal winning horse Blue Loyd out for this evening's Longines Grand Prix climax to the Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show, and took home €30,000 for a third place finish.

Katie Taylor had her Bray bash, John Joe Nevin was feted in Mullingar, while Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan got the red carpet treatment in Belfast.

Ireland’s show jumpers are in danger of relegation from the FEI Top League after finishing last in yesterday’s Swedish Nations Cup in Falsterbo.

THE Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) yesterday said it was “not particularly happy” that show jumping had become involved in controversy again, but said the sport was not alone in gaining headlines for the wrong reasons.

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Arecent column on alternative means of treating waste has attracted a deal of reaction, which is not surprising given the ongoing outcry about charges for septic tanks.

SHOWJUMPINGIRELAND (SJI) intends to ratify the Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) anti-doping and medication programme, despite postponing a meeting of its executive that was due to discuss the final draft yesterday.

THE ‘Shark’ Hanlon-trained Viking Splash served notice he’s a possible candidate for top honours in the hunters chase division by destroying the opposition in a vintage renewal of the open lightweight at yesterday’s United Hunt Club point-to-point fixture at Ballindenisk.

DEFENCE Minister Alan Shatter has rejected a request that the Army Equitation School boost Ireland’s chances of qualifying two riders for the Olympics by loaning one of its top horses, Annestown, to Billy Twomey.

IT may be a long-shot, but Conor Swail feels he is justified in having one eye on the two individual Olympic places up for grabs after placing second with Lansdowne in the World Cup contest in Toronto, Canada, on Wednesday night.

IRELAND show jumping manager Robert Splaine hopes the Army Equitation School can boost Ireland’s chances of qualifying two riders for the Olympics by loaning one of its top horses, Annestown, to Billy Twomey.

EVENTER Michael Ryan is optimistic of capitalising on his decision to switch from Blair Castle to Camphire this weekend.

CONTEMPORARY, spacious and striking, Ashton House near Dunhill village in Waterford is a stone-fronted five-bed house built in the shape of a hemisphere.

JAYNE DOHERTY’S dressage performance yesterday saw her the Irish standard bearer in the CCI three-star class at Tattersalls Horse Trials.

AN Italian job is not beyond the bounds of possibility in the second leg of the FEI Nations Cup League next week, according to Ireland show jumping manager Robert Splaine, who has nominated the same quartet that won last weekend’s French Nations Cup in his Rome squad.

A Defence Forces Bomb Disposal Team have today carried out a controlled explosion on a WWII-era Mills type grenade in Annestown, Tramore Co Waterford.

THERE’S a touch of older house class about low-slung mid-1980s three-bed bungalow at Knockane, Annestown in Co Waterford, but it is the setting above a private beach that is the star.

Donal Hickey on Ireland’s rich ‘geopark’ potential.

Fingal Gets Gold: Congratulations to Fingal Ferguson of Gubbeen Farmhouse Products Ltd. on winning a gold medal at the Great Taste Awards 2007 for his delicious chorizo sausage. www.gubbeen.co.

The Tramore to Annestown Road in Waterford has been blocked following a high-speed car chase between gardaí and what is believed to be a stolen car.

A man has been rescued after he became stranded on a cliff face in Co Waterford.

Final foot-and-mouth disease test results taken from animals in the South East have returned negative.

Foot-and-mouth disease tests on suspect sheep in Camolin in Wexford, Annestown Co Waterford and Durrow in Co Laois have returned negative results