FIVE newborns were getting down to some serious monkey business yesterday as the baby boom at Fota Wildlife Park continued.

EXOTIC creatures such as tigers, leaf-eating monkeys from Indochina and Asian wild horses are to be brought to Ireland’s only wildlife park as part of a €20 million upgrade.

THEIR couch potato attitude to mealtimes is now a thing of the past. Instead of being virtually spoon-fed, the cheetahs at Fota Wildlife Park are having to chase their dinner, thanks to a new invention.

Cork All-Ireland winning hurling captain Ben O'Connor has launched Fota Wildlife Park's new children's book, "A Hare at Fota" today.

ONE of the star attractions at Fota Wildlife Park in Cork had double reason to celebrate this month.