Two major flood prevention schemes, costing a combined €22m, are to get under way in Co Cork within a couple of weeks.

A man who was charged yesterday with dangerous driving causing the death of a young woman in a car crash in West Cork last April has been sent forward for trial.

A price reduction to €175,000 has already brought a surge of fresh viewing interest to this quirky, colourful and charming West Cork townhouse at Skibbereen’s Upper Bridge Street.

THE first step in a radical transformation of Douglas village in Cork has been signalled by a 124-bed hotel planning application.