SHOCK AND OAR AS DARAGH WINS

Irishman's 4,800км оcean row

- BY GAVIN QUINN

SHORE THING Daragh MaccLoughlin, 42, is greeted by family in Antigua

AN IRISHMAN is on cloud nine after winning the solo class in the World's Toughest Row - a 4,800km trek across the Atlantic.

Daragh MacLoughlin, 42, clutched a collar belonging to his beloved late dog Jasper - after whom his boat is named - on his final push into Nelson's Dockyard in Antigua early yesterday.

He left the Canary Islands on December 14, battling treacherous seas in his bid to raise €10,000 for epidermolysis bullosa charity Debra and Irish Dogs for the Disabled.