We had a few days off last week and were inclined to take a break in the Deep South. 

The 18-year-old cyclist killed in a collision in West Cork on Tuesday evening has been named locally as Stefan Cooper.

Two people have been taken to hospital after a car crash in Cork.

WEST Cork tourist harbour village, Baltimore, last weekend hosted the Pirate Festival to commemorate the sacking of Baltimore in 1631 — and now there’s a chance to ‘plunder’ a lot of retail trade in the bustling summer resort.

Carrying the same sort of guide price as Tony O’Reilly’s nearby summer home — Shorecliff, on six acres — the modern Marine Hotel complex in Glandore is just new to market, compete with 17 holiday units.

LET there be light: the couple who renovated this west Cork farmhouse bathed it in light, beaming direct rays from the skies into their heart of a kitchen, while cocooning much of the rest of the home in warming insulation. And, they did every inch of it with a natural flair.

A GREAT location on the periphery of Rosscarbery should see strong interest in this unpretentious bungalow at Burgatia.

OH for the wherewithal. This stunningly-located property on Rosscarbery’s Warren Strand road has already had house-hunters slavering.

This three-bedroomed house at Letter, Skibbereen, forms part of the sale of a 64-acre farm divided by public road.

GARDAÍ were yesterday preparing to extradite a man arrested in Britain to face charges of the manslaughter of a 51-year-old west Cork man.

A FILE is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions after gardaí last night released a man without charge following the death of a father-of-seven in Skibbereen, Co Cork.

A POST mortem has confirmed that a Co Cork father-of-seven, who died in a caravan on Monday, died from head injuries, gardaí said last night.

TICKING away nicely, sales are almost at the one-third mark for the first new development in the picturesque village of Castletownshend in Co Cork.