Shifting sands for troops overseas

The money may be good and the suntan is free and you could probably fry an egg on the stones there — but this Irish soldier is not in an iconic 1980s TV ad for beer.

He’s been caught up in a sandstorm while on patrol in a strife-ridden part of the Sahara Desert.

The photograph of Captain John Daly from Tower, Co Cork, was posted yesterday by the Irish Defence Forces in a bid to highlight the challenges facing our troops overseas.