Irish fan who cycled for charity to get to Euros helped after bike theft bid

A beer ambassador for the Guinness Storehouse, he had the worst possible start to his football adventure when he was set upon by men in Paris.

An Irish fan who cycled more than 350 miles to get to Euro 2016 was saved by local French women who helped him when men tried to steal his bike.

Alan Maxwell, 34, from Dublin, took on the mammoth cycle to raise money for charity as his father is suffering from prostate cancer.