CLOSE to 100 people from the racing world turned out at Café En Seine in Dublin’s Dawson Street on Wednesday evening for the press launch of the BoyleSports Irish Grand National and Easter Festival at Fairyhouse. The three-day meeting starts next Saturday.

Among the special guests were Cheltenham heroes Willie Mullins and Paul Townend. MC David Jennings congratulated Willie, not only on his success across the water, but also on a “beautiful” interview he gave to Miriam O’Callaghan on RTÉ Radio 1 last Sunday morning.