Peter Toole and his family received a piece of tremendous news after the jockey was allowed to return home permanently.

A MAN who suffered a severe brain injury following a car crash in December 2008 might not have died had the front airbags deployed, an inquest has heard.

VOLUNTARY fund raisers who helped purchase a spinal and brain injury machine for a paralysed Co Tipperary girl have been hit with a massive VAT bill by Revenue.

DEHYDRATION among jockeys has become a major problem in Irish racing and random testing may have to be introduced to combat it.

I NOTE that John Hurley asks us “to spare a thought for the vast majority of students who have worked hard, achieved good results and are delighted with themselves” (Irish Examiner letters, August 18).

RUGBY legend Keith Wood headed up a galaxy of sports stars in the Silversprings Hotel Cork last night as they gathered for a fundraising dinner in aid of injured rugby player Mick O’Connell.

In spite of his ongoing battle with serious spinal injury, rug