Cork camogie captain Anna Geary, who is also the city’s 2014 Rose, has backed a huge charity cycle in West Cork which will help boost the coffers of six charities.

Businesspeople and schoolchildren in a West Cork town could learn sign language to help them communicate better with hearing-impaired visitors and locals.

More than 600 disabled adults and children will get the chance to use a special hydrotherapy pool which is being developed as part of a €4.5 million leisure centre complex in West Cork.

A charity has turned the sod on a €2.1m centre building project in West Cork to accommodate 200 children and adults with special needs.

Two worthy local charities will benefit from the efforts of hundreds of cyclists taking part in a major fundraiser in West Cork next month.

A charity has launched a treasure hunt for millions of euro in old money tucked away in sofas, kitchen drawers or under mattresses.

A series of government cuts topping €1m may force a charity to slash services to adults and children with intellectual disability and autism.

A young Skibbereen man who spent 20 days helping in the land and sea search for the Tit Bonhomme trawler off Union Hall has been named as one of the overall winners of the West Cork Garda Youth Awards.

Wanted: Warm, caring people with buckets of patience and a strong sense of humour willing to host adults and children with special needs.

A €2.5 MILLION state-of-the-art facility for adults and children with intellectual disability is planned for the West Cork town of Clonakilty.

A CHARITY that specialises in helping children and adults with intellectual disabilities is to embark on a €13.7 million building project, enabling it to take even more people under its wing.

MAURICE WALSH has worn many hats, but one of them has now been hung up forever — his garda inspector’s cap.