A meat factory worker told gardai that he ‘probably’ got the knife that he used on the factory’s ‘kill floor’ from his kitchen before using it to kill his poker opponent at their Cavan home.

Dan Martin’s hopes of a podium finish at the Tour de France were thrown off course yesterday when crosswinds decimated the field and he was one of the big losers on the 165-kilometre stage 16 from Le Puy-en-Velay to Romans sur Isere.