Surfing festival to make a splash

SEAWEED dolls, water sports, beach games and a traditional Michaelmas Day to celebrate the patron saint of Seafarers are all on the menu for a surf and sea festival next month.

Details of the fourth annual Tramore Oceanic Surf and Sea Festival, which takes place from September 22 to 25, were launched yesterday on Tramore beach.

Held to mark the close of the traditional bathing season, the festival will open with a “Tramore of Yore” exhibition at the coastguard station.