You will not notice as you drive along Cork’s south ring road this New Year and pass beneath Frankfield Golf Club but up above, for members and owners alike, the emotions will be as raw as the morning chill.

Owners of Cork City’s Frankfield Golf Course have moved to end speculation that their entire amenity is set to close by declaring "we’re staying open for business".

TRIBUTES poured in last night for teenager Aoife Downey who was killed in a tragic sledging accident in Cork at the weekend.