It was Cork last year. Before they made their way up the M8 for a league semi-final in April, the odometer on the team coach read almost 3,400km for their four away days in the round stages of Division 1.

LANDOWNERS are facing significant disruption after the selection of a preferred route for a proposed €1 billion superhighway between Cork and Limerick.

THE Mid-West is leading a major battle to lure foreign visitors away from the greater Dublin area and out into the regions.