THE marketing blurb describes it as “the ultimate luxury gift book of 2011”.

THERE was a numbed silence across a Donegal peninsula yesterday evening as hearse after hearse made the journey from Letterkenny General Hospital to Fahan, Buncrana, Clonmany and Ballyliffen and families prepared for the first of eight funerals today.

WHAT’S being described as a “remarkable” response to a cuckoo survey underway in Clare, reflects a growing interest in nature and wildlife.

TOM LEHMAN led the tour in prize money the last time a major championship was played in his home state of Minnesota.