News in Ireland

• Millstreet court service set to move to Macroom
  

  AFTER 100 years of sittings at Millstreet the local district court will make a ?temporary? move to Macroom from September, according to the court services.

• Council green light to test old dump for environmental threat
  

  CORK County Council has sanctioned the examination of a former dump in the Pike area of Fermoy to find out if it poses a potential environmental risk to the surrounding environment.

• Teachers? at ?wits end? due to inadequate school services
  

  NATIONAL schools in Cork have voiced their discontent at the lack of special needs facilities, with a staggering 62 per cent of schools saying they have inadequate services to cater for pupils who have special learning requirements.

• Builders sign on
  

  THE recent dramatic drop in the number of people employed in the Irish construction sector is being mirrored at a local level, according to a spokeswoman at the Fermoy social welfare office.

• Cuts may stall prison plans
  

  CORK east Fianna Fáil TD Ned O?Keeffe has said the proposed new ?superprison? in Kilworth is likely to be put on hold for up to two years as a result of government spending cutbacks,