Kevin Babington rounded off a brilliant weekend for Irish show jumping when second in the $150,000 Ocala Grand Prix in Florida, last night.

Gardaí have solved an eight-year mystery concerning the identity of a body found near Lough Inagh in Connemara by tracing the origins of the deceased’s sunglasses case.

Show jumper Cian O’Connor was “pretty happy” after achieving his first grand prix placing with Carolus Z at the $8m FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida.

Jessica Kurten collected her second runner-up prize at the three-star show in Neumunster, Germany this evening, when finishing behind Holland's Angelique Hoorn in the 1m50 Grand Prix Qualifier on

Ireland had two top five places in the Young Horse Final at Neumunster, Germany today.