US Navy vessel docks in Dublin

The influx of up to 35,000 US visitors for the American football clash between the Navy and Notre Dame have been joined in Dublin by the USS Fort McHenry.

The Navy dock landing ship is in Ireland as part of a scheduled deployment to European countries, having already paid visits to France and Spain.

A lottery organised by the US Embassy for public tours of the ship - which will be moored in Dublin Port for the weekend - has now closed.