There has, for a number of years, been a sustained but unsuccessful community campaign to have vital repairs carried out on Fermoy Weir on the River Blackwater.

Army units joined emergency crews volunteers and worried locals around the country as communities rallied in the face of rising flood waters.

A FIVE-YEAR battle over fishing rights on one of Ireland’s best known rivers was settled yesterday before the case was due to be heard in the circuit court.

GARDAÍ were last night hunting for a lone gunman after a leading boxing official was shot dead in front of his girlfriend following a row with another man.

GARDAÍ have launched separate murder investigations after two men were brutally murdered in gun attacks just hours apart.