Big send-off for Beijing-bound rowers

THE people of Killarney pushed out the boat last night to give a royal send-off to three local oarsmen heading to Beijing for the Olympic Games.

A civic farewell was accorded to Sean Casey, 30, Paul Griffin, 28, and Cathal Moynihan, 27, who will be rowing for Ireland.

Kerry mayor Tom Fleming, Killarney mayor Niall O’Callaghan and Killarney’s rowing fraternity attended a reception in the Killarney Oaks Hotel, hosted by Muckross Rowing Club, of which the trio are members.