The Punchestown Festival is just around the corner but, for now, the focus is on the Flat in Ireland with Saturday's card coming from Navan, where the Group 3 Salsabil Stakes is the feature race.

Ireland's Flat HQ has a busy afternoon ahead on Saturday, April 20, as the Curragh stages a seven-race card that includes the Group 3 Alleged Stakes.

All eyes will be on Aintree for the Grand National on Saturday but, no sooner than that famous race finishes on Merseyside then the only Irish action of the day will begin at Dundalk on April 13.

The Flat season in Ireland is kicking slowly into gear and on Saturday afternoon the focus will be on the Curragh.

The Irish Grand National Festival swings into action at Fairyhouse on Saturday, the first of three days of terrific jumps racing that culminates with the Irish National on Easter Monday.

The Flat season may be kicking off at Doncaster on Saturday afternoon but there's still plenty to savour over the jumps and Irish racing focuses its action at Navan. on March 23.

The question on everybody's lips, what is it about Dublin versus Kerry?

After a lot of shadow boxing and phoney wars, the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finally enters into knockout mode this weekend.

It’s a big GAA weekend with the final games in the All-Ireland Football round robin stage alongside Tailteann Cup action and the first knockout games in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

Hurling is back on centre stage this weekend with a Super Sunday double bill featuring the Munster and Leinster provincial finals.