Plans for a solar farm in east Cork are being challenged by residents who claim it will lead to the industrialisation of a rural setting, writes Seán McCárthaigh    

Great hullabaloo on Courtmacsherry pier the other morning with dozens of boys and girls (and old boys and old girls) hauling onion bags stuffed with fish debris out of the sea and shaking the shore crabs hanging onto them into buckets, fish boxes and barrels.

It’s very much a family affair for Saoirse Noonan at the Uefa Women’s U17 European Championships as her brother also plays a key role in Iceland.

A 77-year-old woman faces eviction from a nursing home after the HSE demanded she pay €38,000 per year for her accommodation because she was the owner of the family farm for “less than a minute” before it was transferred to her son, the High Court has heard.