Showjumping star Paul Darragh has died suddenly at his home in Meath, aged 51.
Mr Darragh was a member of the great three-in-a-row Aga Khan trophy-winning Ireland team in the 1970s and continued to jump competitively for more than quarter of a century.
Mr Darragh ran a stables at Ashbourne in Co Meath. He is survived by his wife and three children.