County councillors are to ask the heads of the IDA and Enterprise Ireland to visit North-West Cork in a push to have more industries located there after a factory closure in Kanturk.

A potential exports boost could be on the cards after it was revealed that plans have been made to officially twin Co Cork with Jiangsu province in China — with the event to be held at the Chinese-owned Fota Island Resort during the Irish Open.

Four potential sites have been identified in Cork for a national sugar beet processing factory.