The lengthy and keenly anticipated report by Children’s Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly is a scathing indictment of the traumatic, distressing, humiliating and wrongful removal by gardaí of two Roma children from their families in Ireland after a wave of panic swept across Europe when a blonde, blue-eyed girl named Maria was found hiding in an encampment in Greece.

Galileo’s Choice proved himself on course for the William Hill Supreme Novices Hurdle at Cheltenham when scoring a smooth success in the Easter Festival 8th-10th April Novice Hurdle at Fairyhouse yesterday.