BERNIE Sanders was not the only colossus of the political Left to visit Athy last weekend, as Mick Lynch – the recently retired leader of the UK’s rail union RMT – was also in town to visit his old pal of 30 years Frank Corr (78) from Kildangan.

"It was brilliant”

"You feel like a family, always welcoming to everybody, and have the same values and principles that we have in our family"

The plaque commemorates the Irish anti-war song ‘Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye’.

The US senator gave the keynote address to the Robert Tressell Festival in the Irish capital on Saturday night.

Get down to Athy this weekend for the big event!

Athy will be hosting two very special guests this May