Sara Baume has never found writing easy, but a slew of awards have been apt reward for her toil, writes Colette Sheridan.

AS a member of a profession which is now in danger of extinction, I feel it is necessary to highlight some of the detrimental consequences of the recent proposal by the Minister for Education and Skills to end the work of the guidance counsellor in second-level schools.

A total of 300 new jobs will be created when Bord Gáis begins building a new €400m power plant at Whitegate, Co Cork, in October.

A PLUMBING contractor who was exposed to asbestos in his work died a painful death from lung cancer, an inquest heard yesterday.

Bord Gáis today has signed a heads of agreement for a 25-acre portion of the ConocoPhillips site at Whitegate, Co Cork, with the intention of developing a €300m 440 MW gas-fired power plant.