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Joined-up thinking needed to boost crowds

Michael Moynihan Nothing beats being there, according to the old advertising slogan, and at Gaelic games, attendance is often its own reward. There were plenty of empty seats at the weekend’s All-Ireland hurling quarter-finals Last Sunday in Thurles, after the…

Jockey Laura Barry (25) laid to rest

By David Raleigh Loved ones of promising jockey, Laura Barry, carried her coffin the final furlong of her racing life, following her funeral mass today. The 25-year-old, from Raheen in Limerick, who had begun to carve out a career in…