Glanmire’s Hayley Lenihan and her brother Dylan will be busy this weekend - busy making both their parents proud

As events, and my 12-year-old girl would have it, I’ve just spent back-to-back Saturdays in the Parochial Hall on Cork city’s northside.

Local authorities are being swamped by complaints of illegal dumping of waste, while the number of prosecutions for fly-tipping and other offences remains low.