Paul Dunne and Padraig Harrington lead diminished home challenge at Irish Open

Wicklow’s Paul Dunne sits five shots off the lead, and Padraig Harrington six, after the opening two rounds of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, writes Brendan O'Brien.

But the local challenge has been blunted badly by the failures of Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell to make the cut in front of 18,789 spectators on the Co. Derry course.