Organisation: Allihies

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business

350 Men’s Sheds throughout Ireland set to benefit from €500k funding

Half-a-million euro has been allocated by the Department of Rural and Community Development to 350 men’s sheds across the country.

news

Boil water notices issued as treatment plants struggle amid high demand

Irish Water has warned of some water treatment plants struggling to cope because of exceptionally high demand.

general

Meet the Birdman of Allihies

Carina McNally visits Alex Skade’s sanctuary in West Cork where helping animals in need of care provides a form of spiritual escape

general

Tric Kearney: It's my life

gaa

Bríd O’Sullivan says Mourneabbey will never give up the battle

news

Full speed ahead for West Cork's Allihies to get high-speed broadband

Your Thursday morning catch-up

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

Thu, 08 Oct, 2015

VIDEO: Allihies community rally together for free broadband

A rural community in West Cork is making use of the internet to, ironically, get free internet in each home thanks to an innovative online competition.

Wed, 07 Oct, 2015

House of the week

Just coming up on 10 years old, in great shape and superbly finished is this Allihies 2,800 sq ft home — painted white, and that’s really atypical of the West Cork village and its colourful hinterland.

Sat, 03 Nov, 2012

Irons backs artifacts campaign

Hollywood legend Jeremy Irons is expected to lend his support to a campaign to ensure all artifacts discovered in Cork remain in the county and are not sent to the National Museum in Dublin.

Wed, 13 Jun, 2012

Parish faces into future without a priest

THE parish of Allihies on the Beara Peninsula is steeped in history, with a mining heritage that goes back to the Bronze Age.

Fri, 24 Jun, 2011

Parish to be left without priest for first time

THE Kerry parish of Allihies, on the Beara peninsula, is to lose its resident priest, because of a shortage of clergy.

Mon, 30 May, 2011

Crossroads back in the picture in alluring Allihies

A shot of a crossroads in Allihies village, west Cork, made it to the cover of a book sold in the thousands of copies, and summarised perhaps the poorer, wetter, less-outward looking Ireland of the 1970s.

Sat, 21 Jul, 2007

Pornographers hack into tourism website

GARDAÍ have warned community groups to increase website security after pornographers hacked into a west Cork tourism site and inserted hardcore material on it.

Wed, 04 Aug, 2004

Value for money and great people to visit

HAVING just returned from a self-catering holiday in Allihies in west Cork I wish to make a few important points amid all the bashing of ‘rip-off’ Ireland.

Wed, 06 Aug, 2003

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