WATCH: Kate O'Connor ignores the rain to meet fans at her Dundalk homecoming

European Champion Kate O’ Connor didn’t let the rain stop her from meeting her fans who gathered to give her a hero’s welcome at her homecoming at the new Dundalk Athletic Track.

The Dundalk sport legend ignored the heavy downpour spending time to meet everyone gathered to greet her happily signing autographs and posing for photos with her heptathlon gold medal.