A hi-tech treatment plant has ended the daily discharge of almost 4,000 tonnes of raw sewage into Cork Harbour — the equivalent of 20,000 wheelie bins full of raw sewage.

A YEAR after their lives were turned upside down by extensive flooding, residents and business owners across Cork still live in fear every time heavy rain is forecasted for their towns.

CORK airport has become an unlikely refuge for desperate travellers attempting to enter the country as passengers attempting to come to Ireland are faced with Dublin and Belfast cancellation nightmares.