The Courts Service has been summoned to appear before the Oireachtas Justice Committee about its proposal to close a courthouse in Co Cork.

The world of road bowling was rocked by the sudden death of James Caverley, one the most prominent figures in the sport from the 1980s to the early part of this century.

Solicitors in West Cork estimate that the proposed closure of three courts in the region will cost the public and the State hundreds of thousands of euro.