Meath All-Ireland winner Martin O'Connell has stolen medal returned

Gardaí have attributed the detection of the medal to the publicity surrounding the case

Paul McGrath of Cork in action against Martin O'Connell of Meath during the 1988 All-Ireland SFC final. O'Connell has recently recovered his medal from the 1987 win, which had been stolen. Picture: Ray McManus/Sportsfile

Meath GAA legend Martin O'Connell has expressed his delight that his All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal, stolen during a robbery last week has been recovered.

The medal, which he won in 1987 was recovered by gardaí in Dublin on Tuesday and is being held at Kells garda station.