Ireland’s world-beating ploughmen Eamonn Tracey from Carlow and John Whelan from Wexford will between them bid for their 13th top-two-in-the-world performances, after winning their national test matches at Carlow last week.

ISEQ-listed Celtic Resources Holdings, which aims to become one of the largest gold producers in Russia and Kazakhstan by 2007, has reminded shareholders that the £3m Open Offer of 2,222,222 new shares following a 10:1 share consolidation closes at 3pm next Tuesday.