A thrilling Meath v Dubs ‘derby’ before a sell-out attendance in Croke Park really ignited the Bank of Ireland football championship and Graham Geraghty was in the thick of it – in more ways than one.

The mother of a 21-year-old Clare man accused of murdering his 17-year-old sister broke down in the witness box as she told a jury she didn't know why her son killed her daughter.