“I apologise for this one in advance, it’s in the dictionary.”

A Cork man almost caused “a minor international incident” after a souvenir clock from the popular TV gameshow Countdown was found ticking in his luggage by airport security staff.

Ooops.

Myleene Klass turns the air blue in Countdown when she comes up with an unexpected eight-letter word.

The Irish word 'camogie' made it into that bastion of the English language, Countdown, on Friday.