Teachers are stars of India thanks to honest rickshaw driver

Two Irish teachers have been catapulted to celebrity status in India thanks to a bizarre chain of events involving the Donegal football team and an honourable rickshaw driver.

Elaine O’Leary from Limerick and Annette McGroary from Donegal made primetime news on four TV stations in Bangalore — which has almost double the population of Ireland — last week after their heart-warming encounter with an ordinary, decent rickshaw driver called Mr Nathan.

Two days before Donegal lined out against Tyrone in the Ulster championship last week, the pair took to a shrine in Frasertown armed with some green and gold paraphernalia, hoping to bring luck to Annette’s county team ahead of the clash.