Police alert: Every little thing they do is magic

THERE might be something inexplicably daft about more than 80,000 adults joyously cooing “De-da-da-da” in unison to Sting’s mating call of “De-do-do-do” but what is a music fan to do when challenged by the Police?

More than 30 years after Sting, Andy Summer and Stewart Copeland created a force to rival the lads from Templemore, they are back for the first time in more than two decades to provide a reassuring presence to the ageing rock devotee.

Under floodlight and an impressive light show, GAA headquarters took on an even more magical appearance as the 82,000-strong crowd enjoyed the unusually balmy October weather that suggested the Police had indeed arranged some invisible sun to be placed in the sky.