He was apprehensive, he says now.

The Examiner's football correspondent Liam Mackey is looking forward to the summer . . . lazing in the sun, listen to the sound of the oompah bands, watching men in leather shorts slap their thighs, appreciating the sound of lager being quaffed, and generally concentrating on things Germanic.

A traveller accused of murder told gardaí he was forced to drive the getaway car for two gunmen against his will, a jury at the Central Criminal Court heard today.