The delivery of a hi-tech lifeboat to Baltimore will give an enormous sense of security and reassurance to island and coastal communities, a mother and her “lifeboat baby” daughter said.

Ferry workers in west Cork are staging a picket today to protest against pay cuts and other changes being imposed by their employer.

COUNTY councillors have reacted angrily to a letter from the Department of Transport telling them only limited finance will be available to do up harbours in Cork before they are taken over by the local authority.

GRIEF-STRICKEN islanders in West Cork spoke yesterday of a father’s frantic efforts to resuscitate his toddler daughter after she fell into a low-tide inlet.