Vandals target Union Jack

THE spirit of the Special Olympics has been severely dampened in Dungarvan where vandals dumped a Union Jack and a steel flag pole into the harbour.

The incident has caused outrage and has left town council officials and members of the local host town committee red-faced and acutely embarrassed.

Dungarvan is the host town for the Bahamas delegation, and the national flag of that country, together with the Tricolour and the other flags of the EU were erected along the Causeway in Abbeyside.