Fine Gael must never cease in challenging the propaganda that suggests violent protest is virtuous or effective, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald told those attending the annual Béal na mBláth commemoration in West Cork yesterday.

Pressure is mounting on Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe to prioritise the multi-million upgrade of the vital N28 artery linking Cork and the city’s sprawling port operations in Ringaskiddy.

Irish politicians have a lust for power and have totally forgotten the lessons of probity and good character left by Michael Collins, hundreds of attendees at the annual Béal na Bláth ceremony in West Cork heard yesterday.

WHAT do Jean Paul Sartre and a north Cork townland have in common? Nothing.

A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out today on the body of a 69-year-old man who was found dead in suspicious circumstances in Cork yesterday.