CLAIRE COUGHLAN, the heroine of Ireland’s magnificent victory in the Home International Championship at Cruden Bay last month, is a shock omission from the Curtis Cup elite squad announced yesterday.

CORK star Clare Coughlan maintained an unblemished record in the Ladies Home International Golf Championship at Cruden Bay yesterday to fire Ireland into a strong position to go for their first title in seventeen years.

BOTH the Irish mens and ladies senior golf teams show changes from the original selections for the Home International series at Ballybunion and Cruden Bay respectively.

Bram Stoker's long-lost original manuscript of Dracula has failed to sell at auction after bids fell short of its reserve price.