Neil Horan arrested ahead of planned World Cup stunt

Former priest Neil Horan is in jail in Germany after he was arrested ahead of a protest he planned to mount at the World Cup final.

The Kerryman had been planning to light a candle in memory of Adolf Hitler outside the stadium where the match was being held.

However, the stunt did not go ahead and his brother in Co Kerry revealed today that the defrocked cleric had been arrested by the German police and was still being held in custody.

Horan first hit the headlines when he ran out in front of Formula One cars during the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in July 2003.

The following year, he disrupted the marathon event at the Athens Olympics, pushing the leader into a crowd of spectators and causing him to lose the race.

His brother said today that the family was liaising with the Irish Embassy in Berlin and the Gardaí in Listowel in relation to his arrest in Germany, where he is expected to be put on trial in the coming weeks.