The then Cork Examiner dedicated a full page to the issue when St Mary’s Orthopaedic Hospital first opened its doors in November 1955, at a cost of €538,000.

Donal Hickey on the resurgence of interest in currachs

EUROPE’S first ever large-scale audit of farm machinery is being undertaken in Co Clare. It aims to document unpro-tected early agricultural machinery and to establish a strategy for their conservation.