Gardaí are following several lines of enquiry after a viable improvised explosive device packed with nails was defused outside a pub on the northside of Cork City yesterday.

AS every Irish schoolboy, and schoolgirl, knows, the Burren is one of Europe’s most distinctive landscapes, with a plant life and heritage dating back 6,000 years.

THE heat of the kitchen won’t bother the Irish chefs who compete for Olympic gold, silver and bronze.