A man has been acquitted of assaulting a tourist who was partially blinded by flying glass in Co Offaly last year.

A 19-year-old man has been charged with assault causing harm to an Irish-Canadian woman who was visiting Ireland as part of the Gathering earlier this month.

Christophe Soumillon left Longchamp yesterday with the belief Orfevre had the potential to provide him with a third Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe after the Japanese Triple Crown star made a successful European debut.

A lesbian couple are the parents of what are believed to be the world’s first designer deaf children.