Irish star of Harry Potter to attend Dublin Premiere

The Irish premier of the latest Harry Potter movie will take place in Dublin this evening.

The event will be attended by one of the film's young stars - a 15-year-old girl from Co Louth.

Evanna Lynch from Termonfeckin is Harry Potter's number one fan. The teenager, who sat her Junior Cert this summer, knows all about magic in real life.

After competing against 15,000 hopefuls at auditions held in London, she landed the part of Luna Lovegood in the film version of 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'.

The little witch, who becomes part of Dumbledore's army in the latest screen adaptation, attended the European premier of the movie in London earlier this week.

This evening she will be the star attraction on the red carpet at the Savoy cinema in Dublin.

The film opens here officially next Thursday, July 12.