A blueprint for flood risk management in a West Cork town will be available at a special public forum next week, more than a year after torrential flooding devastated Clonakilty.

AS he left Fitzgerald Stadium last Saturday afternoon, JB Spillane reflected on the end of his Kerry championship season.

GARY McPOLIN knows the trouble loose talk can get you into. Last year the former Macroom star was at a game when he fell into conversation with Paddy O’Mahony of the Muskerry GAA board.

THE Evening Echo-sponsored Cork SFC first round got into full swing over the weekend with Bantry Blues overcoming all the odds to beat Clonakilty 0-12 to 0-10 in a disappointing derby clash at Castlehaven yesterday.