Sgt Stubby is the Cork-financed story of a real-life canine war hero, and plans are afoot to use its success to establish an arm of the animation industry in the south, writes Esther McCarthy.

100 years ago this week, just before shipping was made safer by the entry of the United States into World War I, a number of Cork vessels were sunk by German U-boats and mines. Patrick G O’Shea recalls one of the lost ships, on which a relative was killed.

The exploits of a Clare doctor honoured for acts of bravery during the First World War are being featured as part of an exhibition in Limerick Museum.