The high cost of courses has been cited as one of the main barriers to firms providing training to their employees.

Just south of Clew Bay and sandwiched between Clare Island and Inishbofin is the roughly equally-sized island of Inishturk.

For a short time on Monday afternoon, the Christmas manger at a New York City church could have passed for the real thing: A newborn baby, with the umbilical cord still attached, was abandoned there. Now, New York City police are searching for the person who left the child.