A Co Clare pensioner has been convicted of assault in a row with his neighbour over the pensioner piling horse manure on a wall that divides the two men’s properties.

Organisers of a West Cork food festival will pay homage to a town’s tragic past by honouring famine victims and the humble potato.

SKIBBEREEN is gearing up for the 10,000 people expected to attend its colourful annual food festival, which will feature everything from a “Celtic Cook-off” to seaweed cookery demonstrations, farmers’ markets, craft fairs and tastings.