2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
‘I'm part of the community as much as the postman or the milkman' – Ireland's ice-cream vans as beloved as ever despite changing tastes
The epitome of Irish summer is still going strong, despite the eternal distractions of the digital age
Meandering through the summer streets while blaring tunes out through a speaker, the ice-cream van still has the allure to propel you out your front door for a taste of summer.
'I'd say 60pc are probably kids and 40pc are adults,' says Dan Clement (38) from Crumlin in Dublin, speaking about the beloved customer base of his ice-cream van.