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Jennifer Eccles. Picture: Trish Dunell Last season’s New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Jennifer Eccles is set to be auctioned via online platform Gavelhouse Plus next month. The winner of four of her 14 starts and placed on a further six occasions, Jennifer Eccles was a dominant winner of the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m), having previously triumphed in the Gr.2 Lowland Stakes (2100m), Gr.2 David & Karyn Ellis Fillies' Classic (2000m) and Gr.2 Eight Carat Classic (1600m). Jennifer Eccles was also runner-up in the Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) and was a close...

Shaune Ritchie believes NZ raider The Good Fight is travelling as good as he ever has as he prepares for his latest Australian assault in Saturday's Listed Winter Cup at Rosehill.

Transitional LEADER Programme: Local communities and businesses urged to apply to additional €2.2m LEADER fund

Kenagh mourns loss of one of its ‘stalwart’ businessmen Reporter: ');  '); The village of Kenagh and surrounding areas are in mourning this week following the passing of one of south Longford’s well-loved business owners and characters, Michael Egan. Michael of the very well-known Egan’s Electrical Shop in Kenagh village passed away peacefully and in the loving care of staff at the Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore on Monday, Januay 18, after battling an illness. Already his death notice on rip.ie has attracted countless condolences from those across the county and further afie...

Some 48,000 rugby supporters attended Lansdowne Road to witness the last ever fixture at the stadium before it is demolished and redeveloped. The match between Leinster and Ulster was almost incidental compared to the occasion, but for senior security supervisors Jimmy and Robert Watts the event held extra significance as it brought a long family tradition with the stadium to an end. Jimmy first started working at the stadium in 1955 when he sold programmes and his younger brother Robert joined him a few years later. Jimmy is proud to relate there is 70 years of unbroken at the stadium servi...