The former and founding chairperson of the Personal Injuries Board, Dorothea Dowling, and her cousin Gráinne O'Flynn, are contesting the alleged last will of their aunt Angela O'Loughlin, the High Court has heard.

Overlooking Roaringwaterbay in West Cork is a house on a hill. A couple of Scots pine trees stand by the house as if on guard. The setting is majestic — the island of East Skeam. The views are otherworldly, writes Dan MacCarthy.

The Lavit Gallery is celebrating 50 years of promoting the visual arts, says Tina O’Sullivan