Evan Deveney from Kinvara was arrested as he waited to board a holiday flight in Nashville and spent almost a month in US immigration custody before being deported to Ireland.
Ireland's reigning European shortboard champion grew up twenty minutes from Mullaghmore, and he now has his sights set on the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.
Lonely Planet has placed Killary Fjord in County Galway alongside the Galápagos Islands and India's Darjeeling Himalayan Railway on its Best in Travel 2027 list.
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