Tricolours erected to mark Ireland reaching the finals of the Euro 2012 Championship still hang on many buildings on the main street of Blessington.

Football fan James Nolan who died on a trip of a lifetime to Euro 2012 has been described as "one in a million".

Friends and family will gather in County Wicklow later for the funeral of James Nolan.

The removal of the young Irish student who drowned tragically in Poland last week takes place this evening.

The body of James Nolan, who died tragically in Poland last week, has been brought home to his family in County Wicklow.