For any business, customer loyalty is vital, particularly during a summer routinely described as a washout. However, as Noel Baker discovered, one West Cork town is ensuring rain is not a spoiler by offering visitors more cultural events and a greater choice of eateries

Elderly people living in Co Cork will get a chance to have a say on their greater inclusion in society.

Bantry to Drumclough loop of the Sheep’s Head Way

Three out of the top 10 ‘green hotels’ in Ireland are in Cork. However, concern has been expressed about the poor uptake of the scheme in Kerry, where no hotels made it into even the top 20.

Hoping to surprise your loved one this Valentine’s Day? Pól Ó Conghaile suggests a raft of romantic breaks at home and abroad.

Romance was in the air when a man surprised his childhood sweetheart with a fly-by marriage proposal.

The Allure of the Seas is the world’s largest ocean liner. Among its 2,284 crew are Corkonians Derek McKnight and Aisling McCarthy.

Lindsay Lohan has been arrested in New York on charges that she clipped a pedestrian with her car and did not stop, police said.

An inspirational Kerry teen is sitting his Junior Certificate at home.

DRAFT Local Area Plans, for each of the 10 electoral areas in Cork county, are available for comment.

ONE of the country’s most famous hotel groups is to manage a newly completed waterfront complex in West Cork.