Lookalike mayor driven potty over Harry

AS THE world awaits tonight’s launch of the latest Harry Potter book, wizard fans in the town of Athlone are perhaps the luckiest children in Ireland — their mayor is a complete ringer for Harry Potter.

Athlone Mayor Paul Hogan, 24, says he is told “everywhere I go” that he is a doppelganger for Daniel Radcliffe, who has played Harry in all six films to date.

“I can’t see the resemblance myself, but everywhere I go people say it to me. But I’m not Harry Potter, trust me. Ironically, I socialise in a bar called Potter’s here in Athlone, and there are even pictures of Harry Potter and me side-by-side on the wall there,” said Sinn Féin’s Hogan.