Organisation: Sherkin

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A penthouse for the super-prime market

A top floor three-bed apartment in the sharply angular Lancaster Gate scheme has intriguing aspects.

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Sherkin arts course saved after grant aid is doubled

A unique arts course on an island off the south-west coast has been saved after Cork County Council said it would double grant aid to keep it afloat.

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Emergency talks sought over future of Sherkin course

An emergency meeting has been sought aimed at staving off the closure of an important arts course which generates around €150,000 per year for the economy of an island off the south-west coast.

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‘No chance to react’ to college fund cut on Sherkin Island

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High calibre Cork City apartments like The Sherkin, Lancaster Gate are a rare find

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No landline phones on Sherkin Island since Storm Ophelia

Funding fears put college’s island degree in jeopardy

Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) has given a commitment that students will be able to finish an art degree on a West Cork island despite uncertainty over funding for technical support.

Fri, 03 Nov, 2017

Why ‘me moth’ could light up your life

Damien Enright looks at the wonderful creature that is the moth and the new methods for collection, rather than board pinioning.

Mon, 26 Dec, 2016

Sherkin Comment journal provides a monitor of the magic of marine life in west Cork’s Roaring Water Bay

EVERY time I go to this island ‘in the sun’ I take print publications from another island with me, the Sherkin Comment, published by the Marine Station on that island in west Cork’s Roaring Water Bay. It can also be downloaded from the internet.

Mon, 23 Nov, 2015

Divers repair pipe supplying water to Sherkin

Specialist divers were brought in to repair a broken pipe which supplies water to islanders living off the south-west coast.

Thu, 16 Jan, 2014

Sherkin music festival in race against time

A Cork internet TV broadcaster is on a race against time to raise €12,000 in 12 days to host a novel island festival.

Mon, 01 Jul, 2013

It’s never too late, says graduate, 82

IT’S all about attitude and it’s never too late.

Tue, 20 Apr, 2010

Sherkin the island of paint and scholars

ONE of Ireland’s most southerly communities has become the Island of Paint and Scholars after the first graduates of an offshore degree programme earned their scrolls yesterday.

Tue, 03 Mar, 2009

Different class: Island hosts third-level degree

FORGET UCC, CIT or even Trinity — in what is being hailed as a major education breakthrough, a small island off the West Cork coast is now the venue for a third-level degree.

Sat, 26 Apr, 2008

Sherkin students have their say in picking presidency logo

ISOLATED island children had their say in the selection of a logo for Ireland’s forthcoming term of the EU Presidency.

Wed, 30 Jul, 2003

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