A teenager has died in hospital after falling from his horse in Co Cork yesterday.

A teenage boy is fighting for his life after he was thrown from a horse in to a swollen river on the outskirts of Cork city this evening.

A flood-affected community has vowed to fight any plans to build on a sensitive site before a major flood prevention study is completed.

THE John Barleycorn Hotel in Glanmire, Cork, has just changed hands for around €5 million.