Unfortunately I was unable to go to Saturday’s Guns’n’Roses concert in Slane, I was too busy on the farm. And I missed their last appearance in Slane 25 years ago too for the very same reason. I never seem to be able to get the time to let the hair down.

Cyrus Christie and Jack Grealish go way back, to their days growing up in the English midlands, and Martin O’Neill’s newest defensive recruit is hoping the pair can still cross paths again with the Republic of Ireland.

IRISH RAIL has confirmed that one of the semi-state’s senior managers has “stood aside from their position” as part of an ongoing investigation within the company.

King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway today begin a three-day state visit to the Republic of Ireland.