With two drum kits and three guitars, Thumper really do live up to their name, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

Emily Wurramara grew up on an island of a couple of thousand people, off the northern coast of Australia. People fished and camped.

A supermarket in Co Cork has been shortlisted for two international awards, including one for its autism-friendly shopping initiative.

Global Shares is set to create 50 new jobs in the West Cork town of Clonakilty.

Irish dance superstar, Michael Flatley, has recorded a special video endorsing his former chef's bid to become the directly elected Mayor of Clonakilty in West Cork.

Two spectacular stained glass windows depicting a series of historical and cultural ‘turning points’ over some 700 years in a West Cork town, have gone on display in the local church.

A man found banging on the doors of a courthouse at night time was of the mistaken belief that it was the door of the pub where he had earlier left his coat, the same court has heard.

The 31-BED Clonakilty Hotel has been resold, in an off-market deal, for up to €1.8 million, to a hospitality investment group, in a deal reportedly backed by Chinese investors.

Garda in Clonakilty are appealing for witnesses following a single vehicle fatal collision in Co. Cork.

Along with festive crackers, chocolate and a Christmas feast, a West Cork welcome was served up to guests enjoying a break from a local direct provision centre.

The demon drink is rarely out of the news, and the past week has been no exception.

Tommy Barker is impressed with the progress on a group of new high-spec homes just outside Clonakilty.

Gardaí in Clonakilty are seeking the public's help in locating 36-year-old Susan Greene and her 17-month-old daughter Sinetta.

The naming of Clonakilty as the country’s first official ‘Autism Friendly Town’ can act as a blueprint for other areas around the country, according to the autism advocacy group AsIAm.

Australian duo Mama Kin Spender are enlisting the help of a local choir for their trip to West Cork this week, writes Ed Power.

In advance of her visit to Co Cork, former Hammer and Bond actress Madeline Smith tells John Daly about a very different era of film-making.

Eoghan O’Sullivan explains just why Christy Moore rates Clonakilty alongside Carnegie Hall and Sydney Opera House.

A coroner will write to the country’s top motorcycling body asking it to consider rider fatigue as a possible consideration before competing after a case in which a man was killed after crashing into a barrier.

Most people who enjoy social interaction with friends and family have little or no idea of the isolation and loneliness that those with autism often have to endure, as they navigate the world in a different way to other people.

Clonakilty in West Cork is set to become Ireland’s first autism-friendly town.

A rapid response doctor has said people are playing ''Russian Roulette'' with drugs after he responded to an incident in West Cork last weekend.

Gardaí have urged greater parental responsibility after emergency medics made reference on Twitter to teenagers having a “drug-fuelled night out” in Clonakilty, Co Cork, “using up valuable emergency services resources”.

A man has been stabbed in Co. Cork.

No, not all semis are equal — and Nos 1 and 2 Sunlea in Clonakilty prove that point.

Tommy Barker gives this old schoolmaster’s house in Clonakilty an ‘A’ grade for a class upgrade

After 105 years in business, MacCarthy’s newsagents in Clonakilty closes on Christmas Eve, writes Noel Baker.

Clonakilty Sausages have been sponsoring Cork City since 2012 so little wonder they were quick out of the blocks in creating a video tribute.

A prodigal son returned home to Clonakilty yesterday and as for the fatted calf — well, one way or the other, he was surely eaten.

THE Wild Atlantic Way tourism initiative is obviously a success, well planned and executed, paying dividends to the geographically marginalised communities through which it passes, writes Damien Enright.

We’ve all heard of the biblical “road to Damascus” but, in the case of two childhood friends, the path has led away from the Syrian capital all the way to West Cork.

Three units of the Fire Brigade have responded to a fire in Clonakilty earlier this evening.

A video which shows a group of elderly people from the community of Kilmeen near Clonakilty returning to school to learn from and teach fourth class pupils of Kilmeen N.S. is guaranteed to make you smile.

‘Bringing a little country to town’ was the theme of this year’s Clonakilty Agricultural Show where plenty of country fun was to be had. 

Two brothers, one a Leaving Certificate student, have been jailed for “brutal” assaults two years ago.

English crime writer Sophie Hannah tells Esther McCarthy why she decided to set the latest Hercule Poirot novel in Clonakilty

In a sign of Ireland’s rising economic tide, a landmark hotel in West Cork is to hold wall-to-wall “walk-in” interviews for the first time in its history — for everything from porters to chefs.

Agent Andy Donoghue of Hodnett Forde expects overseas/returning ex-pat as well as local interest in this Clonakilty home.

Natalie Price from Clonakilty, West Cork, has been announced as the winner of the Ford ‘Find A Ford, Find a Fortune’ promotion.

A feel-good story.

'Human excrement' was found in a Cork playground yesterday by a visitor.

Traders will meeting representatives of the Office of Public Works tomorrow to discuss the potential impact of plans to close a car park in the heart of tourism hot-spot Clonakilty next summer.