Former No. 1-ranked senior shearer Lionel Taumata finally cracked a win in the open class, as the post-Christmas stage of the 2023-2024 shearing sports.
Michael Finlan, who has died aged 92, was a print journalist and broadcaster with a distinctive lyrical style during his time as western correspondent for The Irish Times. Combining his fluency in writing with an engaging wit, some of his Irish Times sketches during the Charles Haughey era were so sharp that the former taoiseach sought him out when he was in Galway.
A 34-year-old mum already with an historic background on the shearing board will on Wednesday turn her hand to challenging a World record bid less than three days old. Catherine Mullooly, from Matawai, Gisborne, will be trying to break the Women’s .