Northern Ireland deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has insisted he had “no involvement” in the appointment of businessman Frank Cushnahan to a Nama advisory group linked to Project Eagle.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan and the National Asset Management Agency have strongly endorsed the auction process behind the sale of the so-called Project Eagle loans.

Aidan O’Brien’s Holy Roman Emperor and Jim Bolger’s unbeaten Teofilo head a field of 19 for Sunday’s Laing O’Rourke National Stakes at the Curragh.