Go directly to Tokyo, collect €7,000

AFTER a 12-year gap, Anthony Redmond, from Swords, Co Dublin, is the All-Ireland Monopoly champion.

“I’m really delighted,” said the 36-year-old civil servant, who knocked out the 2003 champion Ekundayo Badmus in Saturday’s decider at Dublin’s Liffey Valley shopping centre.

As well as winning €7,000, Anthony will join winners from more than 30 countries in Tokyo for the world championship on October 7-11.