To the charge that Harper’s Island in Cork Harbour, with its three points of contact to the ‘mainland’, is not an island, the rebuttal affirming its island status: The area is defined by its natural history and not its current structures, writes Dan MacCarthy.

A small, dedicated group of people is fighting a successful battle against an invasive species which is capable of destabilising houses.

THE dead leave this world taking their stories to the grave.

The public may shortly have access to one of Ireland’s iconic heritage structures, following a major restoration programme. Youghal’s Clock Gate, which straddles the east Cork town’s main street, will open to the public in early 2014.

A pilot programme aimed at rehabilitating drink and drug addicts persistently in trouble is to be set up in the East Cork town of Youghal.