Vaughan goes back to his roots in search of success

SPECTATORS at the New Year’s Day Dubs Stars football game couldn’t make out the red-haired forward.

Something about the cut of him reminded them of someone more familiar, an erstwhile Dublin footballer, but that Mark Vaughan had a shock of peroxide blond hair. This one was most definitely ginger.

However, the match programme didn’t lie. There he was, the artist still known as Mark Vaughan — just sporting his natural locks. Maybe, he jokes, accepting what he was born with is a sign of newfound maturity but he admits it’s just because he couldn’t be bothered dyeing it.