average mum and dad' • from page 3 wear their status on their sleeves: class of people admitted to "So, what do you do?" she Samanthas were unlikely to enquired. start knocking off anything that "I'm an artist," he proudly wasn't nailed to the floor. replied. The club was packed

BUCKINGHAM Street flats have not been closed down. Despite headlines in the papers during the week and following a hearing in the District Court, no order for the closure of the flats has been made. Tenants who ran from the court cheering and clapping because they believed the s

A 73-year-old English holidaymaker shot during an IRA shooting in Co Fermanagh was in a satisfactory condition in hospital yesterday evening. The man, who has not been named, was injured in a double shooting in Ballinamallard. A part-time police reservist was also shot and both

years and that was their only championship win over Dublin in the last 33 years. Dublin's greatest threat how are ye! It is often not realised by the average GAA follower that Meath is one of the largest county units in the GAA in terms of population and club strength. It has on

THE meeting closes with the £lO,OOO Oranmore Dairies Handicap Hurdle over 2m.5f. At this stage it is very hard to know what will run. Fane Ranger tops the weights again, this time with 12.7 and the whole race changes if he does not run with the weights going up 22Ibs or more. I

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to get on with it." Quite a culture shock for a little girl coming from Lancashire where her mother was a GP and her father a surgeon. "They hadn't been able to get jobs in Ireland in the 19405. But my father always wanted to come back and having me learn Irish was part of that.

HARDBACK BOOKS 1. The Living Isles. Peter Crawford. BBC (3). 2. In Person: The Prince and Princess of Wales. Alastair