The unbeaten Raven’s Pass heads a field of 10 declared for the Iveco Solario Stakes at Sandown on Saturday.

WHO does Education Minister Mary Hanafin think she is in issuing an order to all Gaelscoileanna that they must teach English to all of their students. Compulsory English!

James Fanshawe's aberration in failing to attend the draw for the Bluesquare.com Stewards' Cup made not a shred of difference as Zidane cut through the field to take the famous Goodwood handicap.

MARY HARNEY should encourage the larger supermarkets to convert part of their stores into A&E units.

THE management and the board of the National Concert Hall in Dublin need a wake-up call.

AN Post is seeking permission to raise the cost of ordinary letter postage from 48c to 60c.

I HAVE been informed that the reason why there is a total shutdown of the DART on the southside from Canal Docks to Greystones in Co Wicklow is because the current cannot be switched off in sections.

I AM a martyr for the pint. I believe there is nothing like the next one.

ALTHOUGH Joyce Kilmer might disagree, trees seem to be the loneliest and most isolated living organisms in creation. Imagine living your life stuck in the same spot for hundreds of years.