Brian Day O'Connor

Mullins back with a Golden bang
The Irish Times; 12/28/2009; 789 words; ...Paul Townend powered the Archie O'Leary-owned horse clear on...had won his maiden just nine days previously and his SP yesterday...Davy Condon picked up a two-day ban for his use of the whip in...amateur Roger Quinlan also got two days for the whip after winning the...Mullins, on Some Target, got ...

Nolan's Joncol to repel British raiders in Lexus feature
The Irish Times; 12/28/2009; 896 words; ...candidate to defy a strong British raiding party in Leopardstown's day three festival feature.With the last three renewals of the...genuine Gold Cup candidate. "He has been very well since the last day and has had no setback," Nolan said yesterday. "He has to...

Oscar Time powers home in style
The Irish Times; 12/28/2009; 758 words; ...own right in the 1980s, winning a Vincent O'Brien Gold Cup on Nick The Brief and a...figure. It followed the St Stephen's Day pattern where a 14,552 attendance was...Betting figures were down on St Stephen's Day and that was also true yesterday with bookmaker...

Off the boil Leinster still do enough
The Irish Times; 12/28/2009; 1155 words; ...fixture: a weakened Ulster, a day after Christmas and on the...Humphreys had come on for Niall O'Connor, who was nailed by a big...much saved the scrapping Mal O'Kelly and Bryan Young from...fate moments later, while Brian O'Driscoll's main contribution...

QUADRUPLE WHAMMY A KNIGHTMARE AFTER XMAS FOR ULSTER; RUGBY LEINSTER v v ULSTER, RDS, ST STEPHEN'S DAY, 5.30.(Sport)
The Mirror (London, England); 12/24/2009; 766 words; ...the St Stephen's Day showdown with Leinster...bad timing for coach Brian McLaughlin ahead of...full strength. Niall O'Connor is expected to start...and Chris Henry. Brian McLaughlin knows exactly...SELECTION HEADACHE Brian McLaughlin must do...