Work on flood prevention for at an-risk tourist town in West Cork could commence in mid-2015.

A blueprint for flood risk management in a West Cork town will be available at a special public forum next week, more than a year after torrential flooding devastated Clonakilty.

FIVE large communities in Co Cork have been urged to fight plans to “downgrade” post offices in their areas.

CLONAKILTY’S town councillors have clashed over whether a public order and vandalism problem exists in the west Cork town.