Being asked to join a wedding party isn’t just an honour and a great day out; it also means stepping up and being there for your friend or sibling on the happiest, most important, and most stressful day of their lives.

Global and national challenges are set to be explored at the local level at an inaugural autumn school in West Cork.

There were a number of flakes of silver paint on the road, indicating where the car driven by Sean Collins hit cyclist Stefan Cooper from behind.

Local communities, organisations, and accommodation providers all over Cork are being asked to buy into the new Pure Cork brand aimed at boosting the county’s tourism offering.

An initiative that brings together farming and tourism was launched in West Cork last week.

Several years ago, while raising six offspring and also working with husband Denis in their shared business, Sheila Kiely found the time to write (and photograph!) her first cookbook, Gimme the Recipe, and the follow-up, Enjoy! Food You’ll Love (Mercier Press) has hit the shelves.

A West Cork town is set to introduce a unique bike hire scheme which is aimed at both tourists and locals.

Women are naturally more cautious than men when it comes to promoting their businesses, says Helen Wycherley, the president of Network Cork.

The Port of Cork is looking at expanding its cruise line terminal facilities in Cobh to accommodate much larger ships capable of carrying 5,000 passengers.

Cork County Council and Port of Cork officials will next month meet with the 10 biggest cruise line operators visiting Ireland in an attempt to sell them more shore excursions to West Cork.

People are being invited to four public meetings to discuss ways of attracting people to Cork as part of next year’s Gathering.

You’ve heard Sigmund Freud’s line about the Irish being immune to psychoanalysis.

Desperately seeking a sweetheart deal for Valentine’s Day? Pól Ó Conghaile has a round-up of romantic breaks no matter what your budget …

WITH a maniacal manager, language-challenged waiter, hamster on the loose and racist Major in residence, it’s not the first place that springs to mind for a romantic weekend getaway.

THE Government must take a long-term view and invest in vital infrastructure to help regenerate Cork’s docklands, a respected developer said last night.

GERRY WYCHERLEY is a director of Templeford Ltd and the Marina Commercial Park.

THE forthcoming auction of a small farmstead at Leap in west Cork should prove interesting.

HOTELIERS in west Cork received such a stampede for €1 hotel breaks that they’re going to run a similar promotion in south Wales as part of celebrations heralding the reopening of the Cork-Swansea ferry route.

Tommy Barker says extended Schull home has a lot to recommend it.

OH for the wherewithal. This stunningly-located property on Rosscarbery’s Warren Strand road has already had house-hunters slavering.

AN estimated 12,000 people flocked to The Beaches in Bantry for the annual agricultural show last Sunday.

WITH a new hotel on the way, and even the possibility of a marina, Schull is going to continue its upward property trajectory.

IT SHOULD have been a glorious summer adventure for the eight carefree pals who put to sea aboard a flat-bottomed boat.

A RANGE of one, two and three bedroom apartments located in the West of Berlin near the Tegel See and owned by the Berlin Government are to be launched to the Cork Property Investor market this weekend by Irish property group Simple Overseas Properties.

THIS property is a famous landmark for the bucket and spade brigade who visit the West Cork village of Roscarbery village, rain, hail or shine, (and usually the former).

ONE of a trio of similarly-sized large houses built four years ago on the main West Cork route skirting Rosscarbery is up for sale.

ROSSCARBERY is a new hot-spot following a scorching auction result last weekend where a three-bed 30-year old bungalow with views went €200,000 over its price guide and even passed the half million mark.