Work is at an advanced stage on producing what’s hoped will be the world’s finest gin, through a collaboration between a new distillery in West Cork, a number of Michelin-starred chefs and a French company which harvests rare citrus fruits.

TWO surveyors measuring ocean currents got more than they bargained for when a freak wave capsized their boat.

A YOUNG surfer was shocked to find he was the centre of a major search at the weekend, involving more than 50 members of the emergency services and an RAF helicopter.