Jack Charleton may have overseen our national soccer team’s most successful era, but retired veteran broadcaster Bill O’Herlihy has revealed he was certainly not the former Ireland manager’s number one fan.

The body of a man reported missing from his home in Co Mayo has been found on the banks of the River Moy in Ballina.

Anglers from around Ireland and Europe competed in the Inniscarra Lake coarse angling festival, where Trevor Platt became only the second competitor to win the Vintners’ Cup twice.

The parish priest of a riverside town in Mayo where supposedly a ‘curse’ was placed on the county’s All-Ireland winning team of 1951 has imparted a blessing on James Horan’s squad.

Ken Tucker, 80 years young, last week landed a fine 17.2lb salmon on Kents, at the Blackwater Lodge Fishery.

WE arrive at the Ice House in Co Mayo to a welcome so warm it belies the name, and not one, but two glasses of bubbly. This, actually, is an oversight — the better half had ordered tea (of which a selection is brought) — but it’s my kind of oversight. I happily compare and contrast the white and rosé as we sit in one of the signature river-facing rooms: A great glass extension to the old Victorian house which forms a core around which the hotel’s spa and guest rooms have been added in such a way as they all face the river. The original building is built over three cellars, which give the place its name.

THE father of a 19-year-old Mayo man who took his life by jumping into the River Moy believes the culture of cheap alcohol and house parties contributed to his son’s death.

THE Irish Federation of Sea Anglers 2011 Juniors/Youths Interprovincial Shore Championships were held this year in Ulster with headquarters at Coleraine.

Damien Enright enjoys an exciting time outdoors.

The body of a man has been recovered by divers from the River Moy in County Mayo.

A young man and woman have died in a drowning incident in Co Cork, gardaí confirmed tonight.

The man who drowned in a river in Co Mayo yesterday has been named locally as Aidan McDonnell.

ROAD accidents have claimed four more lives so far this bank holiday weekend.

Gardaí in Mayo are investigating a drowning in the river Moy this morning.

THE Munster Juvenile Fly fishing championship was hosted by the Cahir & District Trout Anglers’ Club on the River Suir.

Divers searching for a 46-year-old man who has been missing in Co Mayo since last week have recovered a body from the River Moy today.

Divers in Co Mayo are continuing to search for the body of a 46-year-old man who is believed to have drowned in the River Moy last week.

A TALE of two rivers — despite a poor run of grilse to the Irish coast, the River Moy enjoyed its best week of the season with 626 salmon reported for last week bringing the season total, to date, to 3008, which is down 33% on last year catch.

Champion golfer Nick Faldo was attacked by nature lovers today after he bought an island off the coast of Co Mayo.

The North-Western Regional Fisheries Board has revealed that a fish kill on the River Moy in Co Sligo is worse than first thought.

The North-Western Regional Fisheries Board has launched an investigation into a fish kill on the River Moy in Co Sligo.

A CO MAYO pub which opened its doors for the first time barely 15 months ago eclipsed hundreds of others yesterday to be named Ireland’s best pub Crocket’s on the Quay, in Ballina, beat off strong competition from a field of more than 600 entrants to emerge yesterday as the overall winner of the Black & White Pub of the Year 2002 awards.