The people, the stories and the quirky traditions surrounding the trains of West Cork are to be immortalised in a TV series that begins this week.

Clare County Council has come under fire after opting to spend up to €100,000 on an Environmental Impact Study to assess whether or not to demolish two 19th century protected homes.

The €600,000 to be spent by a local authority rounding up stray horses over the next four years has been described as “outrageous”.

Almost 10 times as many people took their own lives in Clare last year as died on the county’s roads.

One in 20 Cork City Council houses is lying vacant even with thousands on the housing waiting list, according to figures from the local authority.