Businesses and householders in a Co Cork town are pleading with the authorities to carry out interim flood prevention works before a major scheme is put in place.

Plans for a €100m upgrade of the busiest junction outside of Dublin have been given general approval by people living close by.

THOUSANDS of people are to be recruited for a new text-messaging service, which gardaí hope will aid them further in their fight against criminals.

A PROJECT, believed to be the first of its type in the county, will see some community alert and neighbourhood watch schemes go hi-tech, with near instantaneous information on crime being made available by gardaí through multiple text messaging.