It will be a time for bridging gaps as the Dr Harty Cup gets underway today, albeit with a more truncated fixture list than usual.

A GAA club which lost a full adult team to emigration over the last 12 months has initiated a loyalty scheme to support local businesses.

“FOR years my wife said there was only one other woman in my life,” Lt Cdr Peter Twomey said.

SHE’S clocked up enough miles to travel twice to the moon and back, carried out 5,000 fishery boardings and collected €3.5 million in fines.