Raymond Deane’s operatic version of the Florence Newton witch trial was great drama with a vivid score.

Shot in a Dublin tenement house, it features a ghost haunting the rooms in surreal projection setups, fashion loaned from the runways of Milan, and dance sequences by Fiachra.

As the fresh paint dries across Cork City, a massive security operation has kicked in and traffic restrictions will be in place from early morning for the visit of Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall.

UCC will be the subject of an entire episode of RTÉ’s topical programme ’Nationwide’ on Friday evening.