The widowed father of rugby international Eoin Reddan may have to abandon plans to see his son play in Leinster’s Heineken Cup match in France tomorrow, after being the victim of a hatchet-wielding intruder.

NOT only do you get 3,800 sq ft of modern living space at this Co Offaly home, you also get 150 recently-planted birch trees and 2,000 planted bluebells for spring colour glory.