“You breed them and you rear them and bring them to this, I’m thrilled to bits. “People kept saying you’ll never have another one like him (Limestone Lad), but this fella is coming near that, he’ll improve again and he’ll make some chaser. These days are hard to come by and when they do you want to enjoy them.”In the silks of the great Limestone Lad, Glen Kiln lands the G3 @NaasRacecourse Business Club Limestone Lad Hurdle for David Harry Kelly ❤️ pic.twitter.com/tAoNWjT7R7 — Horse Racing Ireland (@HRIRacing) January 25, 2026Kelly added: “You couldn’t have written the script. “I’m just so delighted to have a horse like him and we think he’ll be a really good chaser next year. “We’ll see how he is in the morning and make plans with him then.”

Adrian Weckler: OK boomer, time to face facts – the social media companies have wonEven now, in 2026, the internet is still the next big thingElon Musk at Davos last week. Photo: ReutersAdrian Weckler Today at 06:30At first glance, it might look like it’s been a bad month for social media companies. X (Grok), Meta (scams), Snapchat (addiction lawsuit) and Google (monopoly) all appear to have their feet held to the fire.

Liverpool get approval to sign Marc Guehi alternative labelled 'perfect' by Pep GuardiolaLiverpool have been told to consider signing a Manchester City player after their hopes of landing Marc Guehi were finally crushedView 3 Images Pep Guardiola and Manchester City beat Liverpool to the signing of Marc Guehi (Image: Getty Images)Liverpool have been urged to approach Manchester City for a defender after missing out on Marc Guehi. According to former Anfield defender Stephane Henchoz, City's Manuel Akanji, currently on loan at Inter Milan, would be a perfect fit. Upon his arrival, Pep Guardiola lavished praise on the Swiss star, who is also capable of playing at full-back. He has proven his ability in the Premier League with Manchester City, despite a slightly difficult last season due to injury. ‌View 3 Images Guardiola handed Marc Guehi his City debut against Wolves (Image: Getty Images)Akanji has been linked with a return to City this month amid a defensive injury crisis in Guardiola's squad.

There’s something rotten in the state of Minnesota. There’s barely any traffic on the roads and footfall was slow when the Irish Examiner visited O’Donovan’s late last week. Mr Barnwell adds: “There’s not many Irish illegals here, so what’s happening now isn’t having that direct an impact. People mourn at a makeshift memorial in the area where 37-year-old Alex Pretti was shot dead by federal immigration agents earlier in the day in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Saturday. Mr Trump enflamed the situation in mid-January after alleging a billion-dollar fraud involving Somali immigrants, which are tens of thousands strong in Minnesota.

Video circulating on social media shows the 37-year-old American man being pinned to the ground by federal agents and then shot multiple times as he resists. I’m just stunned.”A protester is arrested as people gather after Ice agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Saturday. Mr Walz posted on X: “I just ⁠spoke with the White House ‌after ​another ‍horrific shooting by federal agents this morning ... Federal agents respond as demonstrators gather near the site of where a man was shot by federal agents earlier on Saturday in Minneapolis. Federal officers wielded batons and deployed flash bangs on the crowd.

‌How would your 2008 Manchester United team get on against Arsenal of 2026? No, this is an Arsenal team that has won nothing yet but it is an Arsenal team that does not get battered. Their last five Premier League defeats have come by the odd goal. You have to go back to October, 2024, for a losing Premier League margin greater than one. Coming into this weekend, Liverpool had 36 points, the lowest on Premier League record for a team sitting fourth after 22 matches.

Bruno Fernandes' Michael Carrick comments after Arsenal result look spot onMichael Carrick has returned to Manchester United as head coach until the end of the 2025/26 season following Ruben Amorim's departure - and Bruno Fernandes' 2021 prediction looks remarkably prescientView 2 Images Michael Carrick's relationship with Bruno Fernandes goes back several years (Image: Getty Images)Few Manchester United players will be more thrilled by Michael Carrick's return to the dugout than Bruno Fernandes. Although he managed only three matches before Ralf Rangnick took over, Carrick quickly boosted morale at Old Trafford, guiding the team to notable wins over Villarreal and Arsenal. ‌After the latter, Fernandes rushed to Carrick for a hug and later heaped praise on him in his post-match interview. Bruno Fernandes demand issued after Man Utd considered three transfer offers READ MORE :FOLLOW OUR MAN UTD FB PAGE! Latest United news and more on our dedicated Facebook pageThose words now seem almost prophetic, with Carrick back at United, albeit temporarily.

), a far more accurate dig would be to say we are all so dull we have a favourite petrol station. And for all you petrol station heads out there (and to be honest, that's all of you), this north London service station might top the list as being the most 'bougie' local going. Located on North Road in leafy Highgate, a stone's throw from Hampstead Heath, the Gulf station has been serving up litres of diesel and ounces of artisan coffee for decades. Located on the M6 in Cumbria, just an hour south of the Scottish border, Tebay Services is often regarded as one of the country's best - and has been described by some on TikTok as 'proper boujee'. ranked Tebay Services as the second-best service station in the UK at the end of last year.

47 Mins: Offaly 0-16 Louth 1-1755 Mins: GOAL for Galway! Galway 1-14 Mayo 2-1754 Mins: Shane Walsh enters the fray for Galway, and straight away makes a goal chance. 54 mins: Cork 0-16 Cavan 2-1435 Mins: Mayo and Galway are back out in Pearse Stadium. 28 Mins: Cork 0-9 Cavan 1-510 Mins: A great block from Darragh Beirne leads to a Jack Carney point. Galway 0-1 Mayo 0-21 Mins: We’re underway at Pearse Stadium for Galway vs Mayo.

Michael Carrick given clear instruction on how to get Man United job permanentlyManchester United made a winning start under Michael Carrick with a convincing 2-0 win over title-chasing rivals Manchester City last weekendView 2 Images Manchester United appointed Michael Carrick as interim head coach earlier this month (Image: Ash Donelon/Manchester United via Getty Images)Manchester United have been told they should name Michael Carrick as their new permanent head coach if he delivers Champions League football for next season. ‌Darren Fletcher had been in charge of United's first-team for two matches after Amorim's departure before Carrick was given the job. ‌“Under [Ruben] Amorim there was no way you could see Manchester United beating Manchester City, but now, all of a sudden, they've beaten them! He looks comfortable there, he's a Manchester United man, and with a bit of luck, which all managers need early on in their careers, I can see him doing really well. They understand the football club and what’s required to move the club forward.

Pep Guardiola makes £2.2m investment as business empire outside of football growsManchester City head coach Pep Guardiola has several business interests away from his job as an elite football managerView 3 Images Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has begun a new business venture (Image: Alex Pantling, Getty Images)Pep Guardiola is already laying the groundwork for his post-football career with a string of business ventures. While the Manchester City manager's main priority remains reversing his team's recent slump in form, Guardiola is also making intriguing moves beyond the beautiful game. ‌After another successful period at Bayern Munich, Guardiola was appointed Manchester City manager in 2016, where he set about constructing a dynasty. While it's unclear whether he'll pen another extension, Guardiola appears to have a clear strategy for his various business pursuits. Follow our Manchester City Mirror Football Facebook pageHe recently teamed up with his former Barcelona star Sergio Busquets as both purchased stakes in a property investment trust.

Is it still too early in the year to start digging over vegetable and flower beds and getting them ready for planting? I’d like to get a head start, but a gardening friend says I should hold off until spring. Cliodhna M, CorkI understand your appetite for getting going on prepping your garden for the beginning of another busy season. Unless you’re working undercover in a polytunnel or glasshouse, for example, I’d hold off from rotovating, heavy digging or forking over the soil until mid-March at the earliest. [ My garden has heavy clay soil that gets waterlogged in winter.

Tapping into volunteer and funding networks established in early 2023 to protest against judicial reforms spearheaded by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government, they moved swiftly to identify people missing in the first days of the attack. Photograph: Jack Guez/Getty ImagesEven before October 7th, 2023, Netanyahu and his far-right coalition were under heavy pressure. If there is no clear winner – as happened in a string of elections before a 2022 vote – he could remain as caretaker prime minister. Former Israeli prime minister and opposition leader Yair Lapid could be an alternative to Bibi if the numbers stack up in his favour. Video: ReutersThe prime minister himself is not likely to shy away from a fight.

Musical families, rich families, farming families. Still, the now-abandoned family traditions remain as a collective memory, while, occasionally, new ones spring up. Daughter Number Four has just turned 10, and has begun to have opinions on what clothes she wants to wear. Even Daughter Number Four was slightly embarrassed by how much we got. And afterwards, as she always does at that time of the evening, Daughter Number Four asked: “Will you take down the Box Of Doom?” Happily, after three decades, some traditions have lasted.

Maureen Dowd: Trump is more about droit du seigneur than noblesse oblige, he feels entitled to whatever he wants. Even before Trump blasphemously interloped on to the Kennedy Center’s name, Trump Culture War Enforcer Ric Grenell had dictated that all National Symphony Orchestra concerts begin with the national anthem. Trump is an anarchic toddler, constantly causing upheaval across the globe, transgressing and remaking everything in his helter-skelter image. But in the new New York Times/Siena University poll, a sizeable majority said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) had gone too far. – This article originally appeared in The New York Times.