Taoiseach greets US marching band ahead of American football clash in Dublin

Rita Regan Hurley, two, is held aloft by her father Ciaran Hurley as members of the Northwestern University Wildcat Marching Band and cheerleaders perform outside the Mansion House in Dublin (PA)

Taoiseach Micheal Martin and Dublin Mayor Caroline Conroy greeted a US marching band and cheerleaders ahead of an American football game in Dublin this weekend.

Drummers, trumpeters and other musicians gathered outside the official residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin on Friday – with a small crowd of passers-by stopping to watch some of the spectacle.