In the wake of Storm Ophelia, on the Tuesday morning, we opened the curtains on a world of blinding sunlight, and opened the French windows on a world a-buzz with the sound of chainsaws, writes Damien Enright. 

A war mascot monkey who died 70 years ago in a suspected booze-fuelled army lockdown in neutral Ireland has been immortalised.

A war mascot monkey who died 70 years ago in a suspected booze-fuelled army lockdown in neutral Ireland has been immortalised with a statue in Clonakilty.

THERE are different versions of what exactly was said in the exchange between the US Air Force man setting foot on the soil of an unknown land and the local farmer, but this is the one most people agree on.