Courtmacsherry in West Cork has seen plenty of blue shark about this month.

A mainly all-Munster Irish boat angling team was pipped for gold in Wales and a Cork angler was top rod at the Home Nations deep sea angling fixture.

Renowned angler John O’Connell, believes this year’s salmon season has been the best in the province for 40 years.

NATIONAL Park authorities in Killarney have been given the all-clear to allow treated effluent from an old world café flow into a lakeland area.