At least 3,000 visitors are expected to flock to a tiny West Cork village this week.

It’s a case of the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker all pulling out the stops this week as their local village hosts one of the biggest amateur drama festivals in the country.

NURSES at a HSE-run nursing home in Co Clare have strongly rejected claims that an elderly patient who died, while in care there last month was neglected or ill-treated.

CLAIMS that an elderly patient had been mistreated at a HSE psychiatric home in Ennis were yesterday dismissed by his widow.