Even though Donegal’s Declan Boyle secured enough points to land the Clonakilty Black Pudding Irish Tarmac Championship, he will contest the Acesigns Cork 20 International Rally, the final round of the series.

Two Cork landowners have mounted a High Court challenge against a decision of the authorities to grant planning permission for a windfarm near their home.

Saorview’s digital roll-out has been extended to include pockets of patchy coverage in West Cork where five existing masts will be upgraded to broadcast the service.

IF YOU think five acres of private gardens (just past Cork City’s suburban boundaries) might be too much to maintain, shame on you: the caretaker-gardener is 82 years and drives his ride-on mower like a boy racer.

BRIDGING a 25-year gap, Midleton’s Daragh O’Riordan (29) became the first Cork driver since Billy Coleman to win the Silver Springs Moran Hotel/Orchard Motorsport Cork “20 International Rally.

AND so they have finally wiped out the sky. Stargazers lament. The strobe-like light atop the new TV mast at Mullaghanish near Ballyvourney in Co Cork must be the worst case of light pollution I have ever witnessed.

RALEIGH, or Ráth Laoi, Macroom is regarded as one of the more salubrious residential areas of the mid-Cork town.

LANDOWNERS have made 804 objections to proposals to designate their property as a special protection areas (SPA) for the hen harrier.

MUNSTER landowners will bear the brunt of forest planting restrictions introduced last week by the Government for protection of the hen harrier bird.

RARELY has bird life in Ireland been receiving such publicity. Eagles, kites and hen harriers are all making headlines and attention could now be turning to the plight of songbirds which are facing a relatively new threat.

WINDFARMS provide energy, may be environmentally-friendly and welcome — until they interfere with your television reception.

WIND turbines on a mountainous area along the Cork/Kerry border are interfering with reception of RTÉ in parts of south Kerry, the State broadcaster confirmed yesterday.