Martyn Irvine returned home today after capping a day of delight for Irish cycling with a gold and a silver medal within an hour.

116 years after the country won its first ever senior men’s track medal, Martyn Irvine took home gold and silver at the World championships on a truly historic night for Irish cycling in Minsk, Ukraine.

Three Swiss engineers suspected of giving nuclear weapons technology to a rogue network in Pakistan should face smuggling charges, a magistrate said today.