Today, March 10

Motorsport: Back to back victories in the Quality Hotel West Cork Rally are rare achievements.

Cross-party tributes were paid to former minister for agriculture Joe Walsh by members of Cork County Council yesterday before they adjourned their meeting as a mark of respect to the "colossus of Cork politics" who left a huge legacy locally.

Irish and Welsh contests are nothing new in the Quality Hotel West Cork Rally and Denis Cronin and Daragh O’Riordan will have Welsh ace Melvyn Evans as their most formidable opponent when the 13-stage event starts in Clonakilty tomorrow.

A major flood alert was issued in Co Cork last night following a combination of torrential rain, high tides, and strong winds.

BISHOPSTOWN, CORK €335,000

PLANS for one of the first eco-villages of its type in the country have been unveiled by Cork County Council.

WHAT price humility? Billed as “a humble cottage on one of the most sensational one-acre sites in West Cork, with breathtaking views in all directions,” this two-up, two-down cottage has a seemingly immodest €350,000-plus asking price.

BERTIE AHERN’S brother is be told by council officials that his Seanad claim that Fine Gael councillors were holding up a massive 100-house scheme in West Cork is inaccurate.

ANGRY scenes were witnessed yesterday as approval was eventually given for a controversial amendment of the Cork County Development Plan, which will allow construction of more than 100 affordable and social houses in West Cork.

FEARS that the creation of a village could lead to the demise of one of the country’s leading agricultural colleges have been firmly scotched by its principal.

THE Minister for Agriculture is to be asked if the development of a 41-acre site for 100 local authority homes will compromise an agricultural college.

IF you could define the Clonakilty look, then this house at Cahergal, is a pretty good example.

READ with interest the article on Cork County Council’s heritage development plan (Irish Examiner, June 9).

EOIN GALLAGHER is experiencing a fine season and the Conna amateur partnered a double at the Carbery Foxhounds point-to-point at Darrara near Clonakilty yesterday evening.