Plans are being finalised to set up the first community radio on a Cork island, and, also for the first time, to live stream the All-Island Football Championships, which will be held there.

Lives are being put at risk by dangerous “overcrowding” at a floating dock or pontoon in one of the country’s busiest fishery harbours.

All 176 residents of a West Cork island, from babies to 90-somethings, are to be photographed as part of an historic initiative marking a ‘moment in time’ in the life of the offshore community.

Castletownbere RNLI lifeboat launched early this morning to assist a Bere Island resident in need of medical attention.