The work of St Luke’s Home, a care facility for the elderly located in the Cork suburb of Mahon which has operated in the city since the 1870s, was celebrated yesterday at the launch of its annual fundraising campaign.

RUNNERS are set to hit the streets of a town renowned for its car sales industry and clock up the mileage with two new marathons.

OONAGH O’Driscoll was lucky — if she had sold the entire block of Balmace Crescent, Fermoy, during the boom, she would have borrowed more millions to develop further.