Fan’s welcome for honorary Corkman Michael Flatley

Dance superstar Michael Flatley got a Rebel passport and found a new dance partner after meeting one of his biggest fans yesterday.

Mr Flatley, who jetted in to Cork Airport at 11am ahead of the Cork Person of the Year awards ceremony to be made an honorary Cork man, took time out to meet Irish dancer Kerri Hourigan, 14, from Douglas, in the arrivals area.

Kerri, a second-year student at Christ King secondary school, is recovering from spinal surgery and is under doctor’s orders not to dance for six months. She said meeting her hero was the best day of her life.