In between the showers, people in the area are making the most of a mixed summer. The tag rugby competition, held on 4th of July on Sandymount Strand and pictured on left was a roaring success, with twenty-five teams taking part.

Meanwhile on Pearse Street, St Andrew’s Resource Centre rounded off their South Docks Festival week on the 24th of July with a parade from St Andrew’s to Merrion Square via Westland Row.

Pictured above at the parade are volunteers Gavin Boland, Rosemary Phipps, Gavin O’Toole and Michelle O’Reilly, their costumes were designed by Artastic.

Festival organiser Noel Watson said that this year’s festival had proved hugely popular, with over 100 volunteers running twenty-four different events in the locality, including exhibitions in the Ely HQ building and in the Oisín Gallery on Westland Row.