Meanwhile, Sunday’s Leinster SFC final between Louth and Meath in Croke Park is set to attract a bumper crowd in excess of 50,000.

As Ralph McTell gets ready to tour Ireland, he recalls times hanging out with the Dubliners, and the encounter that inspired his classic From Clare To Here ...

It is alleged that the girl sustained the injuries while she was in the care of her father at her family home.