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Mar 30, 2024 | rte.ie | Brendan Courtney |Katherine Ryan |Death Announced |Leinster flex muscles

Laurel River turned the Dubai World Cup into a procession when running out a wide-margin winner for local trainer Bhupat Seemar and Cork jockey Tadhg O'Shea. Formerly trained by Bob Baffert, the Juddmonte-owned six-year-old was trying the 10-furlong trip for the first time but with two furlongs to run had the race won. The likes of Derma Sotogake, Ushba Tesoro, Newgate and Kabirkhan had garnered most of the pre-race talk, with Laurel River almost sneaking in under the radar.

Mar 30, 2024 | rte.ie | Niall McCoy |Brendan Courtney |Katherine Ryan |Death Announced

FIXTURE Sunday 31 March Ireland v Italy, RDS Arena, 3pm. ONLINE Follow a live blog on rte.ie/sport and the RTÉ News app. RADIO Listen to commentary on Sunday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1. TV Watch Ireland v Italy in the Guinness Women's Six Nations on Sunday from 2.30pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player. Scotland v France (Saturday, 2.15pm) is also live on RTÉ Player. England v Wales in on Virgin Media Two from 5.30pm this afternoon. WEATHER Quite cloudy with continued showers, turning heavy in some places.

Mar 28, 2024 | rte.ie | Brendan Courtney |Katherine Ryan |Death Announced

Popular online music show Sessions From Oblivion showcases the cream of Ireland's musical crop, in performance and conversation with presenter Andrew Bass - watch the latest episode of the current series above, featuring Ezra Williams, Skull The Pierre and industry tips and tricks from Aoife Ahern. In the eighth episode of the series, Ezra Williams performs Familiar Sadness and Skin. Special guest this episode is Skull The Pierre, who performs Licorice and 200g.

Mar 27, 2024 | rte.ie | Brendan Courtney |Death Announced

Chelsea reached the Champions League semi-finals for the fifth time in their history after a 1-1 draw with Ajax at Stamford Bridge secured a comfortable 4-1 aggregate victory. The Blues entered the evening already 3-0 ahead from their first-leg victory in Amsterdam and further eased any tension when Mayra Ramirez netted her first Champions League goal to open the scoring after 33 minutes in west London.

Mar 26, 2024 | rte.ie | Ed Leahy |Death Announced |Brendan Courtney

Ireland's narrow defeat to Switzerland has done nothing to dampen the desire of John O’Shea to manage the national team on a full-time basis. The Waterford native insisted after the game that he is "more than ready" to manage the side as his role of interim head coach comes to an end. O'Shea was handed the role for the March doubleheader against Belgium and Switzerland, while the FAI were waiting to announce a permanent replacement in April.