World Cup heroes bowled over by welcome

SEVERAL hundred cricket fans greeted the Irish team at Dublin Airport yesterday but for some, all that mattered was seeing Daddy again.

Eight-year-old Alisha Mooney jumped from the arms of John’s fiancee Helena Grant when he came out of to the arrivals gate with the rest of the team.

Following their big victory over England, chief executive of the Irish Cricket Union Warren Deutrom believes they are better placed to deal with the hype this time then after their 2007 heroics.