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Shane Crosse wins the Alwasmiyah Pretty Polly Stakes on Thundering Nights at the Curragh on Sunday. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho
TV View: It takes two to tango, but watch out for the hairy goats

A change is as good as a rest, as they say, so it was nice to take a break from Euro 2020 and visit the Curragh instead, safe in the knowledge that th(...)

A member of the public walks past members of the Civil Defence as high tide passed in Cork city on Wednesday morning. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
‘We were very lucky’: Relief as Cork city escapes heavy flooding

Traders and home owners in Cork city centre are breathing a huge sigh of relief on Wednesday morning as high tide in the city passed off without flood(...)

The ‘Lily B’ cargo ship was drifting close to Hook Head. Photograph: Dunmore East RNLI lifeboat
'You can’t see the waves coming' - crew describes dramatic rescue of ship off Irish coast

Nine members of a stricken freighter are recovering following a major rescue operation involving three RNLI lifeboats and the Irish Coast Guard in sto(...)

Handout photo issued by Shannon Coast Guard Rescue of the Abuk Lion (left) under tow by the tug boat Celtic Isle off Kinsale Head yesterday. Photograph: Shannon Coast Guard Rescue
Ship safely berthed in Cork after marathon towing operation

From Barry Roche,Southern Correspondent, Cork 31 Dec 2013The crew of a stricken bulk freighter are this afternoon recovering ashore in Cork after spen(...)

The freighter under tow yesterday off Kinsale head. Photograph: PA
Crew of stricken freighter recovering after drifting off coast for 18 hours

The crew of a stricken bulk freighter were last night recovering in Cork after their ship’s engines failed and they drifted for more than 18 hours thr(...)

Freighter calls for help in high seas off Co Cork

A freighter carring a cargo from the Aughinish Alumina plant in Co Limerick to St Petersburg in Russia has radioed for help from high seas off the Old(...)

James Doyle riding Al Kazeem (right) wins the Prince of Wales Stakes ahead of Paul Hanagan riding Mukhadram during day two of Royal Ascot. Photograph: Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images
O’Brien’s Camelot is out of the frame as Doyle scores 891/1 treble

As a triple-classic winner Camelot has already accomplished more than most but defeat behind Al Kazeem in yesterday’s Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Roya(...)