A drink-driver was jailed for two years and banned from driving for 12 years for causing the death of his friend travelling in the back seat of his car in Bantry last October.

Sometimes opportunities appear from the most unexpected places. And sometimes they can vanish as quickly.

Nine people are to given a new lease of life following the death of a hugely-gifted musician and songwriter.

A musician aged in his 30s has died after an accident where he was found in the passenger seat of a car in West Cork last weekend.

STANDING at the bottom of this main street on a grey Galway day, it’s difficult to believe that nothing on either side of you is in fact real.