Antrim GAA player was wet and not wearing shoes when he was hit by train on first trip to London

A “talented” teenage Gaelic sportsman was soaked from the waist down and not wearing shoes when he was hit by a train in north London, an inquest has been told.

Student Connor Marron, 19, from Ahoghill in Co Antrim, went to the PDC World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace on January 2 2022 before he was hit by an empty stock train at 48mph just north of Hornsey Station.

Mr Marron had been drinking in the capital before and during the quarter-final event with his friend Oisin Connolly, North London Coroner’s Court was told on Thursday.