Second-half goals from Conor Carson and Nigel Elliot secured a hard-earned 2-14 to 1-12 victory for Antrim over Roscommon in their Christy Ring Cup Round 2A encounter in Dunloy on Saturday.

Former Tory Cabinet minister and former shadow transport secretary John Redwood said Mr Byers’ figures had ‘‘more holes that a sieve’’.

British government spin doctor Jo Moore should go despite apologising for describing September 11 as a ‘‘good day’’ to sneak out bad news, a colleague said today.