There is something grounding about the garden; there’s a certain comfort and solace in seeing the seasons come and go each year.

An eight-year-old schoolgirl has beaten students more than twice her age to become the overall winner of this year’s Doodle 4 Google competition.

Colman Sweeney was the in-form rider at yesterday’s Clonmult/Dungourney meeting at Avaune with the former dual Cheltenham festival winning rider partnering a two-timer.

A woman has died in a two-car crash in Co Wexford.

WHEN the All-Ireland camogie champions began looking for ways to raise funds recently, they weren’t long hitting on a new idea.

TRAINERS Charlie Swan and Tony Martin took the training honours at Limerick yesterday, Swan doubling-up for champion owner J P McManus with Prince Of Fire and Rourke’s Cross while Martin combined with Ruby Walsh to register a handicap hurdle double with Redera and Somatic.

THE night Susan Flavin found her little daughter crawling on her elbows across the landing floor pleading for her mammy’s help was the night her mother realised time was of the essence in seeking medical help.

THERE has been an improvement in the trade for lambs.

AS IN the beef sector, lamb producers are finding it hard to be cheerful about prices on offer, which continued to disappoint as the New Year got under way.

The FAI will provide free park-and-ride facilities for supporters traveling to Ferrycarrig Park for this Saturday’s eircom League of Ireland Cup final.

WEXFORD-bred horses won the ridden hunter championship and the reserve honours for a Co Down exhibitor at last Sunday’s Cork Summer Show.

WHILE some of the factories have increased prices for lambs this week, the effect has only brought them in line with the general run in a levelling of the field.

A MAJOR operation targeting reckless motorists is to be carried out over the next two days following two weeks of carnage on the roads that has left 15 people dead.

Six people have died in accidents on Ireland's roads over the bank holiday weekend.

Sheep farmers have reached agreement with the Irish Country Meats Group over prices for their produce.

Sheep farmers are due to continue picketing six meat factories throughout Ireland today as part of a protest against reductions in lamb prices.

Sheep farmers will protest outside the country’s major lamb factories from this evening in a revolt over the impact of lamb price cuts by the factories on their incomes.

Farmers are to protest at meat factories across Ireland over what they claim are unprecedented lamb price cuts, it emerged today.

Another foot-and-mouth scare has hit the Republic of Ireland.

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

Definitive results on two separate suspected cases of foot-and-mouth in counties Louth and Wexford are due this morning.

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

The Minister for Agriculture Joe Walsh said he is extremely worried about suspect foot-and-mouth cases, in Co Louth, Wexford and Waterford.

A Co Wexford meat factory has been sealed off by Department of Agriculture officials following the discovery of a suspected foot-and-mouth case.