Scotland suffer at the hands of Irish
The Scots, who won the title the last time the event was held on home soil at Moray in 2006, went down 12-3 to an impressive Irish side.
Stuart Wilson's team found themselves on the back foot in the morning foursomes and only a half point from the pairing of Conor O'Neil and Paul McPhee prevented Ireland claiming a clean-sweep of the session. Trailing 4.5-0.5 heading into the singles, the Scots picked up just two-and-half points from the ten singles matches as the Irish eased to victory.
In the day's other fixture, defending champions England were held to a 7.5-7.5 draw by a battling Wales side.