HORSES have run amok causing extensive damage to one of the country’s top pitch and putt courses just days before a major national competition.

A POLITICIAN has promised to investigate the case of a man who claims he has no option but to live in a shack on an tiny isolated estuary island.

THE age-old tradition of feeding bread to birds at a city’s famed wildfowl sanctuary should be banned after a devastating outbreak of suspected botulism.

DAIRY markets will remain demand-driven even after the present financial crisis, the former EU agriculture commissioner Franz Fischler said when he addressed the centenary celebrations of the Tipperary Co-op yesterday. The co-op has an annual turnover of €150 million.

SHOPPERS on Cork’s bustling St Patrick’s Street were treated to a true high street giant when a circus elephant went on a walkabout.

TWO major housing projects worth €100 million have been sanctioned by Cork County Council, while Bord Pleanála has given the green light to another large development.

TWO housing projects, believed to be worth a combined €120 million, have been given the go-ahead in a Co Cork town.

Ireland fans were tonight given a warning about the quality of African football as World Cup holders France were beaten by Senegal in the opening match of the tournament.