The time it takes Cork’s firemen to attend emergencies has been praised by Cork County Council.

A friend on mine, Kevin Hanley who, appropriately, sports a long, white beard, told me that some weeks ago when he was walking his dogs in Reen Wood near Castletownshend, west Cork, he came upon four of the mysterious ‘fairy houses’ as reported in the Irish Examiner.

FANCY a chunk of the Gold Coast for around €400,000?