WEST CORK has a few iconic bars with a reputation spreading over the waves — and the Algiers Inn is definitely up there with the best of them, hosting celebs, slaking thirsts and appearing in movies, ads and TV shows.

Two BBC television dramas will be filmed here this year in what is being hailed as a major coup for the Irish Film Board.

FOR a long time David McSavage looked as if he didn’t have what it takes to make it in the comedy world.