An Post officials were heckled last night as they closed for the last time a post office which has served a Cork community for a century.

Pipe bands, representatives of sports clubs, traders, and residents of Blackpool in Cork took to the streets over the weekend in a bid to retain a post office in the village centre.

The battle to save Blackpool post office has begun, writes Eoin English

Uninsured business-owners in Cork are appealing for help this morning following widespread flooding in the county yesterday.