A witness yesterday rejected suggestions gardaí must have believed their investigation into the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier had gone “into orbit” after they identified Marie Farrrell as the anonymous caller who claimed she had seen a man in a long black coat running on the road near Schull hours before the body was found.

HE has been giddy with anticipation all week. Ever since he got the green light from the medical staff in the National Rehabilitation Centre in Dun Laoghaire to go to Croke Park this evening, Dessie Fitzgerald can scarcely think of anything else.