Hurler, 3, captures Shanghai hearts

It may be one of the world’s most iconic skylines, but a young Irish boy wielding a hurley stole the show in Shanghai’s famous Bund tourist area yesterday.

Hundreds of Asian visitors, who had come to marvel at some of the world’s tallest skyscrapers, looked on in wonder as three-year-old Eoghan Carey and his dad, Brian, who is originally from Mallow, Co Cork, enjoyed a short puck around on a viewing area overlooking the Chinese city’s stunning Pudong district.

Brian is one of hundreds of Irish expats who have arrived in the sprawling metropolis ahead of this weekend’s 20th anniversary GAA Asian Games.