Double Seven, trained for J P McManus by Martin Brassil, landed the €50,000 Gigginstown House Midlands National in dramatic circumstances at Kilbeggan last night.

The Arthur Moore-trained Claragh Native completed back-to-back wins in the Win A Diamond Ring Today Handicap Hurdle when landing a tidy gamble under an ultra-confident Davy Russell in Downpatrick yesterday.

Post mortem examinations are due to be carried out later today on the bodies of two men who died after they were found unconscious in a house in west Dublin over the weekend.

SEVEN men and two women, alleged to have blockaded bin lorries during protests against waste charges in Dublin, face jail or a fine when they appear before the High Court today.