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By Press Association Sport Staff Shanrod sprang a 25-1 surprise on his jumps debut in the Athlumney 3-Y-O Hurdle at Navan. The three-year-old, trained by Michael Halford, was fit from a recent run on the Flat at Dundalk and...
Gardai are warning that the high taxes on cigarettes and alcohol -- which look set to increase in the Budget -- are creating a situation like the Prohibition era in America when the illicit alcohol trade fuelled organised crime.
Ireland, Leinster, County Louth, near Monasterboice At one time a church consisting of nave and chancel stood on this site. In the 13th century re-edification the west gable was moved back to add over two feet to the nave. The...
Michael Collins spent nine months with League of Ireland side Dundalk Crusaders boss Stephen Baxter has brought Michael Collins back to the Irish League after the midfielder was released by Dundalk. The 32-year-old former...
By Valerie Robinson Southern Correspondent IRA man Harry Fitzsimmons managed to remain below the radar in Dundalk before his arrest by a specialised Garda unit in a swoop operation last week. Acting on intelligence,...
Pat Smullen grabbed a valuable winner at Dundalk to ensure a thrilling finish to his jockeys' title battle with Johnny Murtagh. Murtagh opened the evening with a lead of seven over current champion Smullen and has just three...
Derry's new committee has yet to talk to Stephen Kenny Derry City boss Stephen Kenny is being linked with the vacancy at Dundalk as the crisis-hit Brandywell club is set to be put into administration. Former club chairman Pat...
AN IRA man who went on the run in the Republic while on bail awaiting sentencing for the kidnap of leading dissident Bobby Tohill is facing extradition to the north. Harry Fitzsimmons (40) was arrested in Dundalk, Co Louth,...
By Pat Keane Friday, November 20, 2009 MIRACLE STEPS gets the nap to defy a big rise in the weights in the Crowne Plaza Jock and Trainer Championship Handicap at Dundalk tonight. The daughter of Theatrical won by nine lengths...
World experts on the polar regions told U.S. Senate staffers and the national press corps today that they are witnessing the accelerated melting and break-up of the polar ice caps, and that previous worst-case scenarios for a...
