It’s a bit like times past when the sales line used to be ‘Kerry for the holidays’ but, this time, the audience is international.

A controversial plan to build an 83-bed hotel and office blocks on a convent site near the Rock of Cashel has been refused planning permission, it emerged today.

THE clash of two well-regarded colts, Rock Of Cashel and Grey Swallow, from two powerful yards, in the GPT Access Equipment Maiden promises a cracking start to the Galway Festival this evening.