Over €30m worth of distressed property is going under the hammer in Dublin today at the latest Allsop Space auction.

Carol Loran had a simple desire.

Looking at Great Heavens winning the Irish Oaks at the Curragh last Sunday made you wonder if she might well emerge as a huge threat to Camelot in his bid to emulate Nijinsky and land the Triple Crown at Doncaster in September.

Union members at Aviva have voted to take industrial action if 950 jobs being axed are threatened before agreement is reached with staff.

ANDREW McNamara feels Tranquil Sea and Alaivan are his two best chances of glory at Cheltenham.

AFTER a long week of winners and losers and Ladies madness, it was a far quieter affair at Ballybrit yesterday.

Curtain Call returned to winning ways with a clear-cut victory in the High Chaparral EBF Mooresbridge Stakes at the Curragh today.

IT WAS a very bad day at school for Taoiseach Bertie Ahern yesterday.

Dual Champion Hurdle winner Hardy Eustace proved himself no back-number and again staked his Champion Hurdle claim with an effortless success in the Grade Two Coral Ascot Hurdle at the Berkshire track.

Two raiders have escaped with an undisclosed sum of money after holding up a betting shop in Co Louth this morning.

Penkenna Princess could bid to improve on her close second at the Curragh on Sunday in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot at York on June 17 – weather permitting.

TOP trainers Aidan O'Brien, Dermot Weld, Jim Bolger and John Oxx were in Dublin yesterday to outline plans for their leading horses.

AS desperate punters scramble to find that bet that will make their fortune at the Galway races, one super lucky punter is already home and dry after passing the winning post in style.

JOHNNY MURTAGH yesterday reiterated his commitment to riding in Britain after his split with David Loder last week.