Place: Fastnet Lighthouse

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<p>(Left to right) Malcolm Gilles, Ronnie O’Driscoll, Dave Purdy and Paul Barron at the Fastnet Lighthouse today. “We still have a few steaks and rashers to keep us going.”</p>

munster

Watch: 'This is the biggest storm I’ve seen' - Lighthouse worker's video goes viral

Paul Barron said: "We were supposed to be coming home on Tuesday but then everything was called off due to Storm Barra."

home and gardens

Having a whale of a time

This bank holiday weekend, many people will be out on coastal headlands, hoping to catch a glimpse of whales, dolphins, porpoises, and other ocean residents.

news

Memorial service for Fastnet Yacht Race victims

Former Fastnet lighthouse keeper Gerald Butler is due to represent fellow Irish light keepers at a memorial service for 1979 Fastnet Yacht Race on the Isle of Wight this evening.

property

Star Wars to meet bidding battles at West Cork home with private pier

news

Cork sites eye Unesco heritage status

home and gardens

Islands of Ireland: Cruising to wonderful Whiddy

Trading Up: Dereenatra, Schull €565,000

THERE’S only been a handful of €500,000+ house sales in the chi-chi coastal Schull area of West Cork since the Price Register started picking up on sales, post 2010.

Sat, 22 Jul, 2017

Schull all set for Calves Week spectacular

Steady as she goes is the message from Schull Harbour Sailing Club as the organisers of the West Cork season highlight make final preparations for next week’s annual Calves Week regatta.

Thu, 28 Jul, 2016

Cancer survivor hopes to paddle board to race victory

Jason Coniry last year gave thanks for surviving cancer by standing and paddling on a board for an arduous 13km from Monkstown to Cork as part of the Ocean to City Race.

Mon, 30 May, 2016

Artists find a shore thing in West Cork landscapes

A new exhibition at West Cork Arts Centre in Skibbereen features a range of artists who pay homage to the local environs, writes Alan O’Riordan

Mon, 25 May, 2015

Ballydehob farmhouse shows what happens when east meets west

PEOPLE are lured from all over the world to the beauty spots and hideaway havens of West Cork and, to a lesser extent, to East Cork.

Sat, 23 May, 2015

Heroic relief efforts against backdrop of threat of further attacks

In the years that it took to develop the submarine as a weapon of war, many military strategists thought the idea fanciful.

Tue, 05 May, 2015

Starter homes: Colla Road, Schull €390,000

Size: 165 sq m (1,765 sq ft)

Sat, 19 Apr, 2014

Moving in to this spacious traditional property makes horse sense

The animals as well as the humans will find a home here, writes Tommy Barker

Sat, 14 Sep, 2013

House of the week

IT will be a hard job keeping up with the neighbours at this farmhouse buy — but, it’s likely the buyers will in any case be fairly well-heeled, and Hunter wellington-shod.

Sat, 14 Jan, 2012

‘We were getting slammed out there’

“WE were getting slammed in every direction. It was like a washing machine out there,” crewmember Joe Finelli said, having spent three hours adrift in notoriously dangerous waters more than 5km from the Fastnet Lighthouse, off Mizen Head.

Wed, 17 Aug, 2011

Yacht crew safe following race rescue

More than 20 crew on board a racing yacht are recovering today following a dramatic rescue when it capsized off the Cork coast.

Tue, 16 Aug, 2011

Cape Clear home the perfect retreat

Liosamona is a 120-year-old traditional home sitting on half an acre, Tommy Barker reports

Sat, 13 Aug, 2011

Search for missing fisherman continues

A major search operation was continuing today for a fisherman lost overboard from an Irish vessel.

Sat, 13 Feb, 2010

Russian warships spill 300 tonnes of oil off Irish coast

Up to 300 tonnes of oil was spilled into the sea more than 50 miles off the West Cork coast on Saturday, it emerged tonight.

Mon, 16 Feb, 2009

Rossbrin hits the right spot

Tommy Barker says a holiday haven near Schull is a real gem

Sat, 09 Jun, 2007

Fastnet monument unveiled

A STONE monument commemorating the 15 people who lost their lives in the ill-fated Fastnet race of 1979 was unveiled on Cape Clear yesterday.

Mon, 19 Jul, 2004

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