Most of the detailed design for a €7.7m flood prevention scheme in Glanmire, Co Cork, has been completed and it is expected construction will get under way next spring.

A memorial consisting of three standing stones will honour West Cork men who lost their lives in service during the First World War.

’He checked himself out of hospital to attend those funerals. That’s the kind of person he was’ - Michael Moynihan looks at the life of Danny Bowe, first aid man with Mount Sion GAA club in Waterford

The fastest time of the night on Saturday’s card at Curraheen Park came in the opener but, more significantly and a little surprisingly, it came from a newcomer, Barnagrane Glen, owned by Paudie O’Keeffe.

Events organised in Cork today marked the centenary of the sinking of the Lusitania by a German U-Boat in 1915.

FOR a superb outdoor experience, salted with a bit of history, none will serve better on this Bank Holiday Monday than a coastal walk from picturesque Courtmacsherry village to Coolbawn (aka Blind Strand) on the Seven Heads.

Complaints about the condition of horses on land near where a teenage boy died at the weekend prompted investigations last year, it has emerged.

Life went on as normal in Glanmire’s John O’Callaghan Park yesterday morning: People of various ages went for a typical Sunday walk in the bright sunshine, navigating the occasional puddles of mud, the last remains of the inclement weather from the day before.

Very few Irish destinations have had the dramatic history of Kinsale. Dan McCarthy looks at the history of the town, from the maritime to

A village in East Cork has raised a raft of objections to plans by Eirgrid to extend an ESB substation in their community as part of the overall upgrading of the national electricity grid.

BUTLERSTOWN-SHANAGH (Seven Heads Walk, West Cork)

A seaside village will be “on song” next weekend as it hosts its first singing workshop weekend.

The Tipperary Foxhounds point-to-point meeting at Lisronagh on Saturday afternoon brought new meaning to the phrase ‘marathon’ for the fixture saw some 175 horses participating on a 12-race card with proceedings drawing to a close at 7.45pm following a 2.30pm start.

We view a selection of trading up homes from around the country.

The local greyhound racing community united in celebration on Saturday night as Knockglass Billy, owned by Martin Murphy of Ladysbridge, ran out a facile and very popular winner of the Connolly’s Red Mills Irish Laurels.

The overall Carbery milk supplier award winners for 2011 were John and Deirdre McCarthy, Butlerstown, who supply Barryroe Co-op.

Cork colours did well at last Sunday’s Clonakilty Show — with a red and white Holstein winning a top championship.

People sometimes ask me what my typical working day consists of.

A member of Captain Scott’s ill-fated Antarctic expedition is to be immortalised by his native parish following the decision to commission a life-sized statue in his memory.

The sneaky Direct Interest Retention Tax became aptly known by the acronym “DIRT Tax”.

WATERFORD County Board chairman Tom Cunningham spelled out the stark realities of the county’s financial situation at last night’s annual convention in Dungarvan.

OWNERS of a house who didn’t know they were in a radon zone were being exposed to radiation equivalent to having seven chest X-rays every day.

Two men remain in Garda custody this morning after a suspicious device was found in Waterford yesterday.

TWO men in their 20s were arrested in Waterford yesterday afternoon after a “training” grenade was found in a car.

TK MAXX is set to relocate its business in Waterford near a medieval wall and castle in the city centre after a High Court ruling this summer meant that the company could no longer trade at the Butlerstown retail warehouse park on the outskirts of the city.

THREE young sailors who were aboard tall ships as trainees this summer have given the experience a “thumbs-up” and encouraged others to sign up for next year.

NUMBERS were better than expected yesterday at the opening of the Millstreet Horse Show All-Ireland Championships, as many of the show jumping fraternity defied the threat of sanction by the sport’s national governing body to attend the Cork event.

AS flood clean-ups got under way throughout Cork yesterday the ice returned, creating treacherous driving conditions which are likely to feature in the coming days as the cold snap once again takes a grip.

The vast majority of services around the country are operating as normal with some delays, Bus Éireann has reported.

IT hit the market early last year, but was withdrawn because of a few issues with the boundaries, and this 33-acre, west Cork coastal farm, at Ballymacshoneen, will go for auction on January 20.

There’s a lotto like about Butlerstown House, says Tommy Barker.

World-renowned company Waterford Crystal is too important to be allowed to shut down, union leaders warned today.

ON the Clonakilty-Barryroe road, and with a range of offerings for buyers, this farm at Grangemore, Timoleague, has 27 acres, a residence and a number of outbuildings.

Angry trade union leaders tonight vowed to fight plans to effectively end glass-making at Waterford Crystal’s last remaining Irish factory.

THERE was keen early season competition in the various horse and cattle classes at Bandon Show last Sunday.

Damien Enright enjoys an exciting time outdoors.