GIRLS just love to dance - none more so than Barnsley girl Maria Lebetlis.

And Maria is such a good dancer she has been selected to take on the world's best Irish dancers in Dublin this weekend.

Maria, who lives in Honeywell Street, is a member of the Taramor Dance School at Wilthorpe Community Centre in Huddersfield Road.

In Ireland Maria wil be cheered on by a small of army of fans including her mum, nanna Sandra, granddad Lawrence and little brother Andreas, seven, who has just started Irish dancing classes himself.