A variety of local and succulent seafood is on the menu for the second annual Courtmacsherry Seafeast in West Cork on Sunday afternoon.

Four people have been rescued from a yacht 34 miles off the coast of Co Cork.

Sport Ireland chief executive John Treacy aims to compete in a marathon although it will be much different to that of his Olympic silver medal-winning performance in 1984.

Fears have been raised that recommendations by the Local Electoral Boundary Commission for redrawing municipal district council areas in Co Cork will split communities and remove some from their natural political hinterlands.

Residents in Skerries are without water because of a heatwave increase in demand and because there is, according to Irish Water, “a lot of horticulture in the area”.

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On Saturday, over 250 rowers will be taking to the water in either a single scull or a pair, and on Sunday, crews will be formed into double sculls and fours by Rowing Ireland HP management, based from Saturday’s racing.

A chance meeting during the Lusitania centenary commemoration earlier this year in Courtmacsherry spawned the idea to mark the 25th anniversary of the Courtmacsherry Model Lifeboat that proved a major attraction for more than a decade in the scenic village.

Courtmacsherry Bay is one of only two coastal areas in the whole of Ireland to fail to meet water quality standards.

A search is underway in Cork after gardaí alerted marine rescue services that a car had gone over a cliff.

A rescue mission was launched in the early hours of yesterday morning after a yacht participating in the Fastnet race got into danger after its mast broke,

It was a routine rescue for one of Ireland’s newest lifeboat stations but it created a little bit of RNLI history.

Six people have been rescued from a boat in West Cork this afternoon.

Estate agent Andy Donoghue of Hodnett Forde guides No 25 at €275,000 and says it has a range of extras which make it stand out as impressive.

A former publican claimed in the High Court a former AIB investment manager stole from her and defrauded her of her investment in the pub.

An iconic clock gate tower is to re-open to the public shortly.

Horses, trainers, and jockeys are at the ready for the annual Courtmacsherry Strand Races tomorrow.

During the bank holiday weekend, I had the pleasure of visiting the picturesque village of Courtmacsherry, a medium-sized village located on the coastline between Timoleague and Clonakilty, in West Cork.

A memorial consisting of three standing stones will honour West Cork men who lost their lives in service during the First World War.

A lifeboat village battling the loss of rural services has plans to launch the first community shop of its kind in West Cork early next summer.

A picturesque seaside village is fighting back against the growing problem of rural isolation — with the planned provision of a community shop.

One West Cork community marked the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania with a poignant commemoration at the site of the wreckage.

A dog stranded on cliffs was one of three weekend callouts dealt with successfully by a West Cork lifeboat in 24 hours.

Several coastal communities have united to commemorate the Lusitania sinking.

A new lifeboat service went ‘live’ yesterday in a fishing village touched by one of the worst sea tragedies of recent years.

A re-enactment of the inquest into the sinking of the Lusitania, featuring descendents of the jury, will be one of a number of events planned to commemorate next year’s 100th anniversary of the sinking of the liner.

A schoolteacher from west Cork and a village community group in the Muskerry gaeltacht were the overall winners in Cork County Council’s Mayor’s Community Awards Scheme.

IT MIGHT seem bit of paradox, but the best way to see Ireland’s raw, elemental natural beauty is to leave the place behind you, in your wake.

The lifeboat station which responded to the sinking of the Lusitania has appealed for artifacts to feature in a major exhibition to commemorate the centenary of her sinking off Cork in 1915.

Two teenagers on a trip to West Cork had a lucky escape when the boat they were in capsized in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Teenage sailors who were at the centre of a dramatic sea rescue after their tall ship sail training vessel sank are eager to get back on the water.

It was déjà vu for the crew of the Courtmacsherry lifeboat yesterday.

Thirty people have been rescued from a tall ship which ran aground off the south coast of Ireland.

As the Atlantic tide recedes, Courtmacsherry Bay becomes a sea of salad green, being compared by one environmentalist to a golf course.

THE artisan food producers of Cork and Kerry were out in force at a food forum organised recently in Cork.

We, the people of Kerry, more especially “El Nino” rowing club (Portmagee) would like to thank the people of Courtmacsherry, Co Cork, for their great show at the Irish Coastal Rowing Championships.

An estimated 10,000 coastal rowing enthusiasts and tourists will descend on a west Cork village next weekend for national championship finals.

Two men on board a yacht off the coast of Co Cork have been rescued by the Courtmacsherry RNLI lifeboat.

A man is in hospital after a mayday call was issued by a racing yacht off the coast of Co Cork last night.

A fishing boat with two crew on board has been rescued off the coast of West Cork.

Four men have been rescued from a fishing vessel off the coast of west Cork.

Just two out of the 31 Fine Gael and Labour councillors on Cork County Council are outwardly opposed to the planned septic tank charge and inspection regime, which has generated massive resistance across the county.

In Co. Cork, a lifeboat towed a yacht with three people on board to safety this afternoon after it ran into difficulties in poor weather conditions.