A round-up of today's other stories in brief
Crowley brothers to discuss film and stage work at Cork events
Tony Award-winning theatre designer Bob Crowley and his brother, filmmaker John Crowley, will talk about their work on stage and film tonight in Cork City Hall as part of a series of lectures and public discussions on the role of the arts in the city's life,
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Barry Roche.
“My brother John and I are very much looking forward to sharing a stage and our thoughts about our work. We have often done this in private, but never in public, until now. To be invited to our hometown in Cork makes it even more unique,” Bob Crowley said.
The series features a workshop today at Civic Trust House by award-winning writer Claire Keegan.
Organic award for Offaly cheese
The overall National Organic Award 2010 has been presented to Mossfield Organic Farm, Co Offaly, for its distinctive organic farmhouse Gouda-style cheese.
The cheese is produced using organic milk from the 300-acre farm just outside Birr.
The awards, organised by An Bord Bia with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, attracted more than 170 entries.
RTÉ solves mystery of night lights
The mystery of flashing night-time lights across five counties in the northwest was resolved yesterday when RTÉ said an aircraft warning light had developed a switching fault on a mast at Truskmore.
The lights flashed across parts of Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal, Fermanagh and Mayo. RTÉ said all large masts had flashing warning lights.
"Occasionally the switching equipment fails and for safety reasons, the fail-safe position is the brighter setting."
Horse stolen and beaten to death
Gardaí and animal welfare campaigners are appealing for help from the public after a horse was stolen and then beaten to death and left hanging from a tree in Waterford in the Catherine's Grange area.
Three teenagers are alleged to be responsible for the incident. The horse was found after a tip-off to the Waterford Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Aged less than three years, the horse was bred by Patricia Edwards of the society but no longer owned by her, she said yesterday.