It’s a jewel in the crown of tourist haven West Cork but Inchydoney, with its famed sandy beaches, may soon become a spectacular setting as a “theatre beneath the stars”.

A delay in Leader funding for Kilmurry Museum has sparked a war of words between Environment Minister Phil Hogan and West Cork Development Partnership.

Author Alice Taylor has criticised Environment Minister Phil Hogan for what she called his “high-handed intervention” in altering the European funding model for rural projects.

Eamonn Pitts reports from a recent Teagasc/National Rural Network conference on prospects for development of the rural economy