One of the central issues in a dispute over ownership of a football stadium in Athlone, Co Westmeath, will be over whether a €660,000 contribution to the development of the facility was a gift, the High Court heard.

WHEN Giovanni Trapattoni walks out at Croke Park this evening for his first game as manager of Ireland, the scene will be just a little bit different from the one he experienced on the only other occasion he was in the dug-out for a match in the Republic.