Staff at a home and garden store in Co Cork yesterday recalled how the premises shook in the aftermath of an explosion that hospitalised two people at the café next door.

Pre-tax profits at Barryroe Co-op increased by almost 40% with sales surpassing the €100m mark for the first time.

The overall Carbery milk supplier award winners for 2011 were John and Deirdre McCarthy, Butlerstown, who supply Barryroe Co-op.