The Wild Atlantic Way is good for business along Ireland’s indented coastline, say the couple about to sell up a well-performing local shop and cafe/restaurant, which they’ve developed through the recession.

A Cork hotel has been named one of the world’s best, according to travel magazine Condé Nast Traveller.

Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney is on another collision course with residents of Bantry after he approved a fish farming licence for a company seeking to cultivate native seaweed in the West Cork bay.

There are times in The Menu’s life when a prolonged sojourn in Sheep’s Head is the only repair for his poor benighted soul.

The coastguard, who are searching for two men missing on Sheep's Head in county Cork, say a body has been sighted in the water.

TIP OF SHEEP’S HEAD, WEST CORK

Focus on the factors under your control that can significantly affect your output and profits, sheep farmers were advised by Teagasc experts at the big Sheep 2012 event in Co Galway.

Sheep farmers need to focus on margins rather than on improved prices being paid for spring lamb, industry figures said at the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association National Sheep Conference in Carlow yesterday.

The spectacular views are just one of great things about this Sheep’s Head home, writes Rose Martin

A NEW sheep research demonstration farm of 350 breeding ewes has been set up on the Teagasc campus in Athenry, Co Galway.

WE the undersigned wish to clarify matters in relation to recent news coverage of the poisoning of white-tailed sea eagles in Kerry.

THE new president of the Irish Farmers Association, John Bryan, who takes up office today, will highlight the negotiation of the common agricultural policy budget as a major challenge of his presidency.

PEOPLE living on a peninsula in West Cork were celebrating yesterday as they were officially awarded the title of European Destination of Excellence.

A NEW era in rural tourism began at Sheep’s Head in west Cork over the weekend when the first of four publicly funded walkways was officially opened.

A TOTAL of 16 tourism-related projects in Co Cork are to benefit from €1.1 million in funding from Fáilte Ireland and Cork County Council.

SHEEP farmers must be properly rewarded by meat factories for producing quality lamb, according to the IFA.

Sheep farmers have called for the establishment of a "meat forum" to address what they claim are unacceptable reductions in the price of lamb.

Sheep farmers have ended their protests outside six meat processing plants around the country following agreement on new lamb prices.