TOURIST INDUSTRY RE-AWAKENS

RIGHT: Ava, Dylan, Ryan, Ciara, and Fia on the ice cream queue outside Kool Scoops on Strand Street on Sunday as the town began to emerge from three months of coronavirus lockdown.

BELOW, LEFT: Bobby Lynch getting his hair cut by Justin Quinlan on Monday, when barbers and hairdressers were allowed reopen after three months of lockdown. Justin had his first customer at 7am and, with a constant queue in the shop all day, he expected to be working until at least 6pm. BELOW, RIGHT: Jimmy Flannery taking tourists out to see Fungie on Sunday. Jimmy has been doing limited trips since June 17 and on Monday the full fleet of Fungie boats returned to the water, operating at half capacity to maintain social distancing. The usually thriving boat tours got off to a slow start but they expect business to pick up as more tourists arrive in Dingle over the coming weeks. However, with fewer tourists and limited capacity on board, the most that boatmen can hope for this year is to cover their costs.