Businesses and householders in a Co Cork town are pleading with the authorities to carry out interim flood prevention works before a major scheme is put in place.

In what are difficult times for most businesses, 22 outlets have been honoured for coming back from the brink after suffering the added problem of coping with a devastating flood.

A violent battleground where Protestants and Catholics once clashed has fallen silent as children tee up in a £750,000 cross-community scheme to convert it into a smart new golf driving range in Northern Ireland.