Ireland’s world-beating ploughmen Eamonn Tracey from Carlow and John Whelan from Wexford will between them bid for their 13th top-two-in-the-world performances, after winning their national test matches at Carlow last week.

Authorities are trying to determine what caused a support frame to collapse yesterday during an aerial hair-hanging stunt as part of a circus performance in Rhode Island, sending eight acrobats crashing to the ground and onto a dancer below.

A support frame collapsed during a hair-hanging stunt at a US circus performance, sending eight acrobats falling to the ground.