IT’S a dodgy date dreaded by the superstitious. But an enterprising West Cork town is planning to make its own good luck next “Friday the 13th” — and boost local business in the process.

HOTELIERS in west Cork received such a stampede for €1 hotel breaks that they’re going to run a similar promotion in south Wales as part of celebrations heralding the reopening of the Cork-Swansea ferry route.