Miller’s scenic route to Paris

Like thoroughfares all over Ireland, Portlaoise’s Main Street has seen its fair share of window displays declaring support for local sporting heroes.

Decorations supporting the regional Rose of Tralee qualifying pageant have been commonplace in recent times though the GAA is the normal occupier.

It’s prime real estate, basically, so it was with a slight air of incredulity yesterday that Alison Miller spoke about how one chemist in the Laois county town has apparently dedicated its shopfront to the local rugby heroine and her comrades. Not that she has had time to digest it completely.