A galaxy removed from the pomp and splendour of St Paul’s Cathedral, it was business as usual in the gales and rain in unpretentious Dromanassig, Co Kerry, yesterday.

Too used to handouts, farmers want more, writes Jack Power.

ELDERLY brothers Jimmy and Neilie Sugrue thought they were going to be killed when four masked men tied them up, beat them with sticks and raided their home on Valentia Island.