OUR football correspondent LIAM MACKEY is back in top form and full of energy.

A TEENAGER was rushed to hospital after overdosing on espresso coffee.

PRESIDENT Mary McAleese met Special Olympics athletes from Hong Kong yesterday who failed to make it to the Games due to the SARS crisis.

Trainer Paul Johnson, who is based at Stanley in County Durham, Britain breaks new ground next week when he plans to have two runners at the Galway Festival.

Debbie Mountain had a red-letter day at Redcar yesterday when she sent out her first winner as a trainer after five weeks with a licence.