There might be a temptation when coming home to Northbrook to go an extra mile or two past its gates — some of Cork’s most accessible beaches, such as Fountainstown and Myrtleville are just further out along the road.

Conrad Black, the former owner of the Daily Telegraph, and three other executives have been charged with fraud in America involving the $2.1bn ($1.79bn) sale of several hundred Canadian newspapers and the abuse of company perks at newspaper publishing company Hollinger International.

THE car-parts warehouse, with only one entrance, was a maze of crates and 55-gallon drums.