More than 240 families renting council houses in North Cork will be feeling a lot cosier this winter following the announcement that insulation and draft-proofing works are to start on their homes.

A PAINTER and decorator was allegedly caught with seven guns in the loyalist rioting that has engulfed Belfast, a court heard yesterday.

A painter and decorator was allegedly caught with seven guns at the height of loyalist rioting that has engulfed Belfast, a court heard today.