Former sporting heroes rub shoulders at tourism project opening

ONE great former sporting captain watched as another opened a new €2 million tourism infrastructure project in the lakeside town of Killaloe yesterday.

Former Irish rugby captain Keith Wood was one of a number of locals who turned out to see the former All-Ireland winning Kerry football captain Jimmy Deenihan formally open new moorings and walkway on the Shannon navigation in Killaloe on Lough Derg.

There, in his role as Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Mr Deenihan said the new facilities “will boost tourism numbers considerably in Ballina-Killaloe”.