IF a house on this page here has probable space for a tennis court, this Whites Cross bungalow home can go one better — it is heading up to soccer pitch size.

THERE were mixed views on the streets of Cork yesterday at the news a young gay couple had been allegedly ejected from a Cork city bar after kissing on the dance floor.

THE dual point-to-point winner Fernhurst Lad battled dourly through very testing conditions to land the Demense Maiden Hurdle at Clonmel yesterday.

JIMMY Mangan’s Rudi Trucker indicated that he’s set for another productive hunter chase campaign this season by sluicing home in the lady riders open at yesterday’s North Tipperary Foxhounds point-to-point meeting at Nenagh, the only hunt racing fixture to take place over the weekend.

A pedestrian who was hit by a car in south Dublin in the early hours of this morning has died in hospital.

A 36-year-old man remains in a critical condition in hospital, after he was hit by a car on the N11 in Dublin.

THE BIG freeze may have given way to torrential rain but the country’s drinking water supply is still under threat due to burst mains pipes and over-usage during the cold spell.

SIX times the number of people aged between 25 and 44 travelled overseas to work last year compared with five years ago.

BALLYBRACK VIEW, the villain of the peace when colliding with her Whites Cross, Cork, owner Eva Lewis after a gallop last year and breaking her leg in four places, turned heroine when winning the Oaks Trial Stake at Charleville yesterday.

HELLO HONCHO, a veteran of 60 previous races, sprang a shock when winning the final of the 4Homes Superstore A2 Stakes at Curraheen Park on Saturday night.

Quality Plastics in Whites Cross has signed a deal which will see it taken over by the international company Pipe Line.

Pat Keane

SOME time ago when posters saying “Welcome to Cork, please excuse the litter” appeared in the city, I was quick to write to you to agree with the sentiments expressed.

A DAIRY farm’s recovery from BSE will be celebrated next Thursday, July 8.

SOME time ago when posters saying ’Welcome to Cork, please excuse the litter’ appeared in the city, I was quick to write to you to agree with the sentiments expressed.

Twenty fire-fighters and four engines at Whites Cross in south Co Dublin are fighting a house fire.