Tattoos: Colour me beautiful

Once regarded as suitable only for thugs and sailors, tattoos are now worn by people from all walks of life

Kathi Burke, illustrator and tattoo enthusiast: If you walk down any city street on a hot day youll spot so many sleeves that stay hidden during the winter Picture: Bryan Meade
Tattoo artist David Murphy, at work in the Black Lines Matter tattoo studio Picture: Fergal Phillips

Once upon a time, only those with a wild side would have been daring enough to display visible body ink. But as Paddy O’Donohue can testify, a rising number of Irish people are now wearing their tattoos with pride.

O’Donohue will ...