Meg Johnston was remembered with fondness and laughter yesterday but, once the music started, the chords and notes amplified the feelings of loss and grief at a young life cut short.

Meghan Johnston will be laid to rest today as her friend continues her fight for life following the six-person road crash in West Cork in the early hours of Monday.

A three-storey building housing 200 tiny works of art has been transformed into a Museum of Miniature for one week as part of Skibbereen Arts Festival.

SKIBBEREEN is gearing up for the 10,000 people expected to attend its colourful annual food festival, which will feature everything from a “Celtic Cook-off” to seaweed cookery demonstrations, farmers’ markets, craft fairs and tastings.

COMEDY genius Tommy Tiernan will stage a unique night of storytelling and comedy in one of the highlights of an arts festival in west Cork.