The casket which carried the body of Irish Fenian leader Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa home from the US has been restored and will go on public display this weekend.

Cork and Down have topped the Michelin choices for best pub grub in Ireland.

Glasses were being raised last night in hostelries around Cork as it emerged that seven of the county’s pubs have achieved listings in the latest edition of Michelin Eating Out In Pubs Guide.

As ambassador for this year’s Flora pro.activ cholesterol roadshow, fitness expert Pat Henry was nervous before he got his cholesterol level checked earlier this year, but — at 3.9mmol/l — it was well below 5mmol/l, the maximum number recommended by health professionals.