Put the date in your diaries: Sun Jan 26 is the afternoon to anticipate as Cork City Hall sways to the good old days with Evelyn Grant and the Cork Pops Orchestra.

Doctors in Cork and Kerry have been warned in recent weeks to be “on guard” for new patients seeking sedatives and tranquillisers.

AT a time when our health service is under constant fire for its obvious imperfections, and the good work of our local GPs perhaps often goes unrecognised, I wish to offer a different perspective on a system featuring truly remarkable people whose quick and efficient work saved the life of our young son.