On cue, pair break snooker record

Two exhausted and aching amateur snooker players have celebrated a new Guinness world record after completing the longest ever match by racking them up and playing again.

DCU psychology student Gordon O’Loughlin and truck driver Kieran Ferns, both from Ennis, smashed the previous record by almost eight hours and are now in the frame for a new Guinness World Record.

The duo completed three days and three nights of snooker, a total of 191 frames over 83 hours, but will have to wait for confirmation from the Guinness officials that they have beaten the current record.