Haughey tradition lives on at Dingle Regatta

IT was a bit like old times at the Dingle Regatta yesterday, even if the star of the show for many years was missing.

Since the 1970s, the starting shot of the regatta had been fired by former Taoiseach Charles Haughey, who died last June. However, carrying on a long tradition, his son Conor fired the shot.

Large crowds of tourists at the event, which marks the high point of the tourism season in the scenic fishing port, admired a monument to Mr Haughey on the pier.