Louth girl lands key Harry Potter role

Louth schoolgirl Evanna Lynch has beaten more than 15,000 hopefuls to scoop the role of Luna Lovegood in the next Harry Potter blockbuster.

Avid Harry Potter fan Evanna, who is 14 and from Termonfeckin, had dreamed of playing a part in a big-screen version of one of the books, and has now heard that her dream is to come true, her father Donal has confirmed.