A fascinating documentary features 12 modern-day volunteers who, reality TV-style, trained to emulate the men in the renowned flying columns of Ireland’s 1920s War of Independence.

“I’ve seen a few good wee strikers and I’m a bit worried about my own position,” jokes Irish international Amber Barrett as she takes a brief break from another “flat out” day touring clubs in Cork in her ambassadorial role at the FAI’s Festival of Football.

Eight companies have been placed on a watchlist by the environmental watchdog and could ultimately lose their licence if they continue to damage the environment.

A long-awaited Michael Collins Museum in his native West Cork is expected to open to the public next month.

The invasion of a lonely West Cork farmhouse by a group of armed men, a shooting, and the lucky escape of a family member are some of the ingredients of a family secret which has been kept under wraps for nearly a century — only to be revealed tomorrow.

There are both stark and Starck reminders, of very different times, at this one-off West Cork home on the verdant banks of the Argideen River.

A tiny rural museum run by relatives of General Michael Collins is one of two West Cork museums to win a major accolade from an international tourism organisation which puts them among the top 10 in the country.

In a recent article Tom Barry TD takes issue with the imagery used in a leaflet distributed by Cork Film Centre to highlight their recent Arts Council funding cut, which threatened to close the centre.

A brother and sister were shot and wounded yesterday afternoon when a masked gunman opened fire in a busy housing estate in Co Limerick as children played nearby.

A man has been seriously wounded in a drive-by shooting in Co Limerick.

The case of Northern Ireland football star David Healy, who has been accused of assaulting a man in Belfast, has been adjourned for a fortnight.

MONTENOTTE, CORK €235,000

Referring to the article on the household charge I agree with Mr Higgins, TD, and also with Mr Hogan, Minister and TD, that it is an unfair charge.

ONE of the best venues in Ireland — that was the verdict of Irish Shows Association national president John O’Hara from Co Mayo at last Sunday’s Bandon Show.

Concern is growing over a missing teenager in Dublin.

Gardaí in Limerick are investigating an incident during which a man received serious injuries after jumping out of the upstairs window of a house.

Mothers were today warned to be extra vigilant after a bogus health visitor tried to gain access to a baby in Co Down.

WEST Cork breeder Seamus Lehane continued a marvellous season at Carbery Show in Skibbereen where he captured the Cork County yearling championship and the young horse championship.

I MUST give credit where it is due to the Taoiseach and the organisers of the Easter Sunday parade in Dublin.

I WELCOME the smoking ban in public houses. However, exposure to such environments was always the choice of the individual.

Police in the North are investigating a petrol bomb attack on a flat in Killyleagh, Co Down, last night

RECENTLY I visited ‘Santa’s Kingdom’ in Punchestown, Co Kildare, with my wife and children.