Joe McNamee visits Paul McDonald and Helen Noonan at Bastion, as they enjoy their first Christmas with a Michelin star

It would be criminal to live by the sea and not be able to see it, a bit like Tantalus and that elusive fruit.

It might be a bit tiresome, and very, very predictable, but the folk at Kinsale's Scilly have to live with an affliction. It is to do with the very address where they live.

The riverside location of Kilmacsimon House is likely to be just as attractive to 21st Century buyers as it would have been to the original owners who built the substantial five bed house, upriver of Kinsale, in the 1850s.

Kinsale Tile and Interiors Store have added a new line of exciting products to their interiors range including a new lighting collection, mirrors, tables, sofas, luxury throws and cushions and some beautiful rattan outdoor garden furniture just in time for BBQ season.

Fitzgerald & Partners Accountants in Kinsale has rolled out a free app to help self-employed and SMEs manage their tax expenses and finances on the go. The firm launched the app on iTunes and Google Play recently to help attract younger customers to the firm.

Joe McNamee looks at why Kinsale has always had huge appeal for visitors, both at home and abroad

Maud and Sam of Blacks Brewery and Distillery in Kinsale have launched a five-year fund that allows investors to indulge their love of the spirit by keeping or selling on their whiskey

Helen Kelleher has a look at a selection of the great things to do with children in Kinsale. With the excellent range of choices available, her three girls are never bored

Ailin Quinlan talks to Guny Patel, chairperson of the town’s Chamber of Tourism & Business and owner of the popular Kinari boutique.

No 8’s in show home condition in Kinsale’s Cluain Mara scheme at Farm Lane, reports Tommy Barker.

The Garda Representative Association (GRA) has called for more manpower to police festivals in West Cork after drugs worth €11,000 were seized and three gardaí were assaulted during a special policing operation mounted for a popular rugby tournament.

29 people were also arrested during the rugby tournament in Co Cork.

Tommy Barker on a three-bed bungalow with a site to behold on a hillside perch in the haven that is cool Kinsale.

Helen Kelleher turns the key at No 6 Mansfield Park to find a well-designed four-bed in immaculate condition.

I’m part of a very exclusive group on WhatsApp called Montenotte Women in Volvos Who Only Eat Vegan Food Made by Rich Protestants. #Elite.

Man said he’d bomb Kinsale so ‘there would be no Americans left’

Kinsale RNLI were tasked this afternoon to help three teenagers after one of them got into difficulties while swimming off Sandycove Island.

A traditional fisherman’s ‘cottage’ pushes the boat out in one of Kinsale’s most desirable addresses, says Tommy Barker.

If you think this Kinsale house has fab views (it does) wait til you see the kitchen writes Gráinne McGuinness.

After a ‘down-time’ hiatus Kinsale Convent Garden scheme is finally delivering on heavenly views, says Tommy Barker.

The approval of the decommissioning of the Kinsale gas field has been put on hold following uncertainty over whether the works will have any impact on habitats protected under EU environmental legislation.

Danny Denton is from Passage West, Co Cork. His first novel, The Earlie King & The Kid in Yellow, was published earlier this year with Granta Books. He is among the authors reading at Words by Water, the Kinsale literary festival, Oct 4-7, writes Des O’Driscoll

Tommy Barker says the release by Gannon Homes of three-bedroom houses in the relatively affordable €340,000 to €350,000 bracket is a welcome addition to the mix of housing on offer in Kinsale

The two-day antiques fair at the Cork International Airport Hotel today and tomorrow and Aidan Foley’s sale in aid of the RNLI in Kinsale on September 16 are certain to create a lot of interest locally.

A special ceremony will take place tomorrow when a new inshore lifeboat will be named after a woman who was a generous benefactor to the RNLI right up to her death last year.

Despite millions of euro being spent on a state-of-the-art sewerage scheme a habour is still being polluted by visiting ships and yachts discharging waste.

One of Ireland’s busiest lifeboat crews have paid tribute to their ‘godmother’ who has ensured, from beyond the grave, that they can continue to save lives at sea.

Kinsale’s John Murphy has been selected to represent Great Britain and Ireland for the first time to play the Continent of Europe in the 2018 St Andrews Links Trophy at Linna Golf, Finland, this month.

Kinsale’s John Murphy will make his senior debut for Ireland in the European Amateur Team Championship in Germany next month.

A Kinsale townsite, which has had education uses since the Famine era in 1845, is for sale for development, at a time when a dozen new homes nearby have just been offered for sale at feast-time prices, all individually guided at €1.35m-plus.

Kinsale teenager John Murphy led a quintet of Irishmen safely through to the matchplay stages of the 123rd Amateur Championship at Royal Aberdeen and Murcar Links.

A man in his 60s was in a critical condition in Cork University Hospital last night after being pulled from the sea in Kinsale, Co Cork.

Kinsale’s John Murphy hopes Sunday’s stunning victory to claim the St Andrews Links Trophy will be a stepping stone to a first Irish senior start.

A man in his 60s is in critical condition in hospital this evening after suffering a suspected heart attack while swimming near Kinsale in Co Cork.

While the people of Cork await the arrival of a royal visitor, one town in the county is set to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the unexpected arrival of another.

Glass from the Twin Towers and a rivet of 9/11 steel from the World Trade Center were donated to the Medal of Honour Exhibition in Kinsale, Co Cork over the weekend with 35 members of the New York Fire Department travelling over to the town for the ceremony.

Tommy Barker visits a unique home near Kinsale which was built to the highest spec by its now departing owners.