Up to their necks in it for record bid

IT seems the good people of Louth are literally the best in the business when it comes to burying themselves in sand.

Our politicians are often accused of burying their heads in the sand for the past few years, but this record attempt was to bury every other part of the body.

More than 500 people turned up at the Clogherhead Prawn Festival on Saturday to be literally buried up to their necks in an effort to beat the previous world record of 342 which was set in France.