The man involved in an altercation with Roy Keane on Wednesday, which hit headlines after an ambulance and Gardaí were called to the scene, has been named as businessman Frank Gillespie.

Ireland soccer manager Martin O’Neill last night dismissed an incident involving Roy Keane at the team hotel as a "distraction", saying the team was "ready to go" for tonight’s Euro 2016 clash with Scotland.

Yet another wonderful ride from Ryan Moore aboard The Grey Gatsby was enough to secure a first British-trained winner of the Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly since 2005 yesterday.

THE handshake is warm, the smile is broad, he’s back among old friends - and, of course, he still manages to get the names mixed up.