Darren Clarke moved up the Irish Open leaderboard with a three-under-par 69 in his second round at Adare Manor.
Clarke lies three under at halfway, three shots behind leader Michael Lorenzo-Vera of France.
Rory McIlroy is two under after a 72 while Paul McGinley fired a 69 to lie two under, one shot ahead of Padraig Harrington, who carded a 71.
Graeme McDowell missed the cut after a 75 left him five over - NI pair Damian Mooney and Michael Hoey are also out.
Amateur player Mooney finished six over after a 75 and Hoey had a 77 to exit the tournament on seven over.
Gary Murphy (level) and Peter Lawrie (+2) both made the cut mark, which came at four over.
Damien McGrane (+4), Pat Murray (+6), Mark Staunton (+7) and Colm Moriarty (+8) missed the cut.
Fellow Irishmen David Higgins (+12), Brendan McGovern (+12), Peter Martin (+13), Peter O'Keeffe (+14), Glen Robinson (+15), Leslie Walker (+15), Michael Lavelle (+18) and Eamonn Brady (+21) also failed to qualify for the weekend.
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