Today’s finale of Cork Week 2012 neatly splits into two parts: the haves and the have nots — those that have everything to sail for and those that simply need to turn up as all the hard yards were done and dusted yesterday.

The weather gods were not shining for the final series of races of the Kinsale YC Spring Series.

In contrast to last week’s bruising battle, a dying, shifting breeze, pleasant sunshine and shortened courses were the order of the day for competitors in the North Sails-sponsored third week of the Kinsale Yacht Club Spring Series.

Easter Monday dawned overcast and breezy for the second week of the KYC Spring Series.

WORKERS at Waterford Stanley have voted by a 4/1 majority to accept a relocation package which has saved 120 manufacturing jobs at the plant.