The racehorse training and bloodstock firm operated by the country’s most successful horse trainer, Aidan O’Brien last year enjoyed a bumper year recording profits of €1.269m.

MUNSTER, and more specifically Cork, looks set for a jobs bonanza as the principal hub of Ireland’s surging microelectronics sector.

Royal Ascot hero Monterosso has been supplemented for Sunday’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh.