Michael O’Leary keeps his silence over Tiger Roll’s heavy Grand National load

Back-to-back winner will carry his biggest weight in race if owner decides to run him

Money to install CCTV at Irish racecourse stable-yards in 2018 spent elsewhere

Absence of CCTV in some stable-yards highlighted by Charles Byrne-Viking Hoard case

Funny old games: The sporting year in a year like no other

Mary Hannigan runs the rule over the weird and sometimes wonderful in 2020

Miriam Lord: A parade in Dublin you could only dream about

As leader of the Green Party, Eamon Ryan was official ruler of Ireland for St Patrick’s Day

Snugsborough Benny ready to take on the big guns in Irish Grand National

Cusack’s contender is proven on quick going and looks on the right side of the weights

Fairyhouse set for extensive watering ahead of Easter festival

First high-profile test of new whip rules at Irish Grand National

An ‘groovy babóg’ ón Spidéal atá fós ar a léim lúith

Caoga bliain ó shin a thosnaigh Seán Bán Breathnach ar a cheird

Ted Walsh’s Any Second Now completes JP McManus hat-trick

Noel Fehily rides 50-1 winner and announces his imminent retirement after festival

Ireland v England rivalry is a nonsense but it’s a good way of tracking the health of Irish racing

Money has changed everything about Irish fortunes at Cheltenham since a winless 1989

Jump Girls really are a breed unto themselves

Heartwarming documentary a remarkable insight into women in horse racing

Patrick Mullins passes Ted Walsh to become most successful amateur jockey

28-year-old moved on to 546 after Queen Boulevard’s win at Sligo

Shock as Katie Walsh announces winning ride will be her last

Jockey retiring after thrilling win on Willie Mullins-trained Antey at Punchestown

Blackrock College blitz Belvedere in first half to win 69th senior cup

Defending champions were down 28-7 at the interval at the RDS

Ruby Walsh ruled out of Cheltenham Festival after fall

Trainer Willie Mullins says leg injury not as bad as first feared

Holders Belvedere make heavy work of seeing off Gonzaga

Belvedere captain David Hawkshaw suffers arm injury in first-round clash

Leopardstown: Death Duty set for mouthwatering duel with Footpad

Gordon Elliott-trained horse is unbeaten in three starts over fences

Animated version of McCourt’s Angela and Shane MacGowan on RTÉ’s Christmas menu

An animated Frank McCourt story, a Fairytale of New York doc and Mrs Brown

‘You dirty communist’ – RTÉ's sport of diplomatic incidents

TV Week: ‘Ireland’s Greatest Sporting Moment’ is dangerously candid. It’s TV gold

Nina Carberry back in action at Ballinrobe

Carberry partners Cask Mate over an extended two miles for trainer Noel Meade

TV View: Skibbereen row their way past most of Europe

Denise Walsh thanks her lucky socks as highly promiscuous Galileo sees fruits of his labour

Foxrock likely to miss Aintree showpiece for Irish Grand National

Ante-post favourite Minella Rocco will not travel to Liverpool after ‘hard race in Gold Cup’

Cheltenham: Ireland’s day – and week – as win tally reaches 19 out of 28

Sizing John’s win in Gold Cup completes festival set for trainer Jessica Harrington

Carlingford Lough has all eyes on Irish Gold Cup

Both McManus and O’Leary’s Gigginstown Stud team have three entries each

Augusta Kate in line for Grade One bid at Naas on Sunday

Ted Walsh rules out a run for Any Second Now in Lawlor’s Hotel Novice Hurdle

Nina Carberry to miss rest of season after announcing pregnancy

Amateur jockey expecting her first child with husband Ted Walsh Jnr

Mary Hannigan’s View from the Couch: The armchair critics

‘ROW ROW ROW’ we shout at Sanita Puspure. If only she heard our words of wisdom

Tributes paid to ‘courageous’ jockey JT McNamara

‘A proud Limerick man’ who ‘was a legend in his own lifetime even though it was a short one’

Aoife Clark has Rio in her sights as Irish target medals

With qualification sorted, the equestrian team’s preparations are on track

Noel Meade: Road to Riches a ‘stupid price’ for Irish Gold Cup

Trainer believes stable star is entitled to be favourite for Leopardstown weekend feature

2015 winner Many Clouds among 126 Grand National entries

Willie Mullins has seven entries including Cheltenham Gold Cup hope Don Poli

Mary Hannigan’s TV View

Jockey Jack Kennedy a man for the future – unless Ted Walsh is Moby Dick

Don Poli leads Willie Mullins’ seven entries in Irish Gold Cup

Djakadam expected to head to Cheltenham for prep-run later this month

Sexism a lot more insidious than the likes of Tyson Fury

Challenging it is a harder job than merely signing a petition against the boxer

Mary Hannigan’s TV view: TG4 and RTÉ were all a bluster

It was a wet and windy day at home, but Murray’s class brightened up the screen

Turf Club defends its handling of Ted Walsh Foxrock case

Trainer cleared of any wrongdoing in relation to race at Punchestown

Ted Walsh cleared of any wrongdoing in Foxrock case

A Turf Club statement added that that the committee ‘was satisfied on the evidence’

Ted Walsh awaiting Turf Club judgment into Foxrock case

Mr Justice Tony Hunt chairs marathon hearing featuring almost nine hours of legal argument

Turf Club reserve judgement on running of Ted Walsh-trained Foxrock

‘A volume of evidence to consider’ after 19 witnesses called to day-long hearing

Ted Walsh faces Turf Club committee over Foxrock’s Punchestown ride

Former minister for justice Michael McDowell to represent trainer at meeting

Katie Walsh a force of nature as Thunder blows rivals away

Hugely popular winner for trainer Sandra Hughes and jockey Walsh

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