AT Cork airport recently we said goodbye to our eldest daughter who was leaving Ireland by choice — not through forced emigration or, as in Mary Coughlan’s world, for the “fun of it”.

Tournament host Tiger Woods overcame a shaky start to his third round at Congressional Country Club to set up a final-day showdown with defending champion Anthony Kim at the AT&T National in Maryland.

THIS time three years ago, Pádraig Harrington broke with precedent and entered for the French Open in Paris.

OUR football correspondent LIAM MACKEY is back in top form and full of energy.

OUR football correspondent LIAM MACKEY is back in top form and full of energy.

Ken Duke and Charlie Wi each shot seven-under-par 64s to share a one-stroke lead after the first round of the John Deere Classic.

AT Dundalk last Friday John Oxx and Michael Kinane combined to land a treble and they return to the track tonight with Hanoverian Baron in the seven furlongs Park Inn Hotel Maiden for three-year-olds.

Tigers Woods has jumped into a share of the lead at the Open Championship with an eagle on the sixth, holing from 14 feet to move to three under par.

Eager US customers are lining up to be among the first to get their hands on the coveted new mobile phone from Apple.

THE WITHDRAWAL of Sergio Garcia means that Ireland's Graeme McDowell will provide the first round opposition to Tiger Woods in the Accenture World Match Play Championship beginning in Carlsbad, California, on tomorrow week.

AT Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California, Alice Waters has been known to serve just a perfect peach for dessert.

WORKERS about to lose their positions on FÁS-sponsored jobs initiative schemes in Limerick held a two-hour protest yesterday.

US stocks moved lower today as investors’ enthusiasm flagged in the face of multiple attacks overseas, weak sales of manufactured goods and a lower forecast from AT&T.

Connacht return to the south of France this weekend for the third time in seven weeks for a quarter-final clash with Narbonne in the Parker Pen European Challenge Cup.