It could be called money for old rope. Enterprising people are being urged to look at ways of turning abandoned fishing nets into useful products.

Helen O’Callaghan says one company’s waste material can be a second life with another, and the Smile exchange is a contact point between the two.

Esther N McCarthy is getting all the gear in place for a very comfortable, jam-making season. Oh no! It’s nearly autumn.

First, a pair of enterprising brothers launched handbags made from the sails of a magnificent old tall ship which ran aground, and sank, a year ago off Cork.

From full sail ahead on the high seas to stylish, limited edition handbags for the high street.