It’s champagne time for the country’s top chefs who made the grade in one of the most exclusive culinary and hospitality clubs in the land — the 100 Best Restaurants and 100 Best Places to Stay in Ireland.

Cork IFA members are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the county’s decision to create the divisions of west, north, and central.

MUSIC NEWS: While no Irish dates have been announced yet, the Stone Roses have confirmed they’ll be gigging into next year, and have lined up shows for London’s Finsbury Park on Jun 7-8, and Glasgow Green on Jun 15.

WEST CORK is by now an internationally-recognised brand.

A voluntary group providing disability services in the Midlands has been ordered to pay a former worker more than €116,000 after it unfairly selected her for redundancy.

The winter garden of Hester Forde, Coosheen in Glounthaune, Co Cork, will open for the viewing of snowdrops and early spring bulbs on Saturday, January 28, and Saturday, February 11, from 11am. Snowdrops and spring bulbs for sale. Park on main road. Entry fee will aid Marymount Hospice.

FALLING golf club membership is set to continue in Munster, the GUI Branch’s annual delegates meeting has been told.

FRONTAGE onto two roads, and its location near Charleville in North Cork, will attract plenty of takers for a 60 acre property at Cooleens, Charleville, Co Cork.

IF life gives you lemons, make lemonade — and if you have a massive hole in the ground left after years of quarrying, then flood it, create a fishery.