In Pictures: Out and about despite the weather at the Christmas racing at Limerick Racecourse

THE POOR weather didn't put off the punters for the third day of the Mr Binman Limerick Christmas Racing Festival.

It was an exciting day of action for the well-wrapped up crowd, with Storm Mahler claiming a thrilling victory in the D Pack Packaging Handicap Hurdle, while the Willie Mullins-trained Gaelic Warrior ran out a hugely impressive winner of the feature race of the day, the Grade 1 €100,000 Guinness Faugheen Novice Chase.

Limerick issued with more wind and rain warnings for New Year weekend