Tributes paid to late VW pioneer

TRIBUTES have been paid to a one of the first Volkswagen dealers in the country who raced his “beloved Beetle” in many rallies before finally changing his dealership allegiance to Toyota.

Paddy O’Callaghan, aged 74, from Kanturk, Co Cork, died earlier this week after a short illness.

“He had an amazing capacity to make friends and had a fantastic way with young people,” his nephew Gerard O’Carroll said.