Three years ago Patrick Corr adopted Stevie, a blind cat, from the local vet. The cat’s stay was being paid for by the Animal Care Society of Cork but she needed a home.

EIGHT young people and two groups from north and east Cork have been honoured by Gardaí for outstanding contributions to their communities and charities.

EIGHT young people and two groups from north and east Cork have been honoured by Gardaí for outstanding contributions to their communities and charities.

A FEW months ago I rescued an abandoned female dog that I found collapsed under a rail of clothing in a department store in Cork city.

IT was a sad sight. A woman I know who professes to like cats had a brood of kittens destroyed because she could not afford to keep them all, and because they were strays with no pedigree she assumed no one would take them.