TRIBUTES have been paid to a former chairman of Cork County Council who championed the lives of rural people.

DOZENS of people who rent holiday homes in West Cork could be forced out of business by “double taxation”.

UP TO 6,000 high-end jobs could be created by an ambitious Silicon Valley-style innovation and research campus to be built in Cork.

TWO adventurers who trekked to the South Pole and climbed Mount Everest found themselves on another summit yesterday when they were jointly presented with the annual Cork Person of the Year award.