A Fermoy company has been crowned the country’s top amateur drama group at the 63rd RTÉ All-Ireland Drama Festival.

ON the southern bank of the Blackwater and close to the Co Waterford border, the sale of this substantial 90-acre farm at Waterpark, Ballyduff, should create a flurry.

GROUPS from Waterford and Clare won the two major awards at the 56th North Cork Drama Festival in Charleville.

A POWERFUL production of Lyle Kessler’s play Orphans by Ballyduff Drama Group of west Waterford won the Bryan MacMahon Trophy, the top award in the open competition at the North Cork Drama Festival, now in its 54th year.

A TOWN’S love of the theatre rubbed off on John Ryan before he headed for New York nearly 50 years ago to pursue his dreams.