The past weekend was a good one for Irish dressage.

Dressage rider Judy Reynolds is breaking new ground this weekend as the first Irish rider to line out in a World Cup final and her aim is to replicate the performances that have seen her greatly improve Ireland’s reputation in the sport.

A man has been further detained in custody in the Netherlands after a woman — a mother of eight and grandmother of 11 — was found beaten to death in her home.

THE World Cup’s Western European League begins this weekend in Oslo, and Denis Lynch is taking a different approach to last year.