The make-up of next season’s Irish Tarmac Rally Championship is one of the main topics on the Tarmac Rally Organisers Association (TROA) agenda in Dublin on Sunday.

Irish motorsport lost a great competitor and friend this week with the passing of Rory Galligan (39), who died after a battle with motor neuron disease.

BANDON Co-op in West Cork saw its turnover soar by 75% to €85 million during 2010, according to its annual accounts for last year.

CORK County Council has granted permission for a 96-berth marina in Kinsale and a controversial quarry in Carrigtwohill. However, objections have been made to An Board Pleanála about hundreds of houses earmarked for Bandon.

TWO housing projects, believed to be worth a combined €120 million, have been given the go-ahead in a Co Cork town.

Sean O’Riordan

THERE'S been a swift and predominantly local uptake for the launch of almost 90 new homes in Bandon, West Cork.

THOSE who danced in the Orchid Ballroom of the former Devonshire Hotel in Bandon might now end up waltzing around their own apartment on the spot.