There was warm weather and an even warmer welcome for Grand National hero Nick Rockett as the people of Leighlinbridge got their chance to get up close with their latest Aintree hero.

Last Saturday’s Grand National winner Nick Rockett became the latest Closutton luminary to be honoured in Leighlinbridge, when flanked by stablemates I Am Maximus and Grangeclare West, he was marched ...