Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

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The smiles are back and the spring has returned to players’ steps but Ireland wing Andrew Trimble fears that Scotland might be in the mood to rain on his side’s end-of-season parade this Saturday evening.

We look at the best of the Irish in today’s action at Cheltenham.

All the talk of ‘Ricci Tuesday’ had been replaced by an intense focus on what was expected to be ‘JP Wednesday.’

The three best mares we have seen since Dawn Run, with the exception of the 1994 Champion Hurdle winner, Flakey Dove, have all been trained by Willie Mullins, namely Annie Power, Quevega and Vroum Vroum Mag.

Global football body FIFA has applied to US authorities for tens of millions of dollars in damages from ex-officials indicted there for graft and recognised for the first time executives had in the past “sold” votes in World Cup hosting contests.

FIONA COUHGLAN, the former caption of the Irish women’s rugby team, is all too aware of the forces that can make or break sport: “money and media”.

Have you some time off this Easter? Are you short on games to play or simply want to add a few more to the list? Then you’re in luck, as the Easter sale has just launched on the PlayStation Store with discounts on a wide range of games.

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Such was the reaction of the Scottish crowd at the final whistle in Murrayfield on Sunday you would have thought they had won the Six Nations championship.