DONAL Chambers is course co-ordinator on Kinsale College’s Sustainability and Permaculture course and the chair of Transition Towns Kinsale. His partner Máiread Cronin trained as a veterinary nurse and now combines care of the couple’s children with volunteering with St Vincent De Paul and training as a Roots of Empathy instructor.

IRISH Mixed Foursomes Cup holders Bandon were shocked by fellow West Cork club Bantry Bay in the opening round of this year’s event yesterday.