Organisation: Union Hall

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Sarah makes history as first Union Hall RNLI woman

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

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Motorboat accident survivor calls for 'hero' who saved his life to be honoured

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Cachet of Union Hall in West Cork gives home that holiday feeling

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10-point Luke Connolly the ace for Nemo in League final

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Restaurant review: Where better to sit and ponder than the Coffee Shop in Union Hall, West Cork

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West Cork Distillers pay €1.5m for former fish-processing plant in Skibbereen

Rescuers brave gale-force conditions after fishing vessel runs aground off Cork coast

Rescuers have evacuated a fishing crew from their stricken vessel despite treacherous weather conditions off the Cork coast.

Mon, 16 Nov, 2015

Trading Up: Union Hall, West Cork €265,000

A five minute walk from this Skahana (or Skahanagh) Union Hall bungalow home will take you to the safe, shingle beach and boat slip at pretty Carrigillihy Strand, a West Cork spot much loved by locals and home to an appreciative permanent and holiday-home community.

Sat, 24 Oct, 2015

Tit Bonhomme skipper’s family moving forward

The widow of the drowned skipper of the Tit Bonhomme trawler has bought a new vessel and named it after their youngest daughter.

Sat, 27 Sep, 2014

‘Great day’ for fishing village as trial lifeboat service launched

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

Thu, 04 Sep, 2014

Nine firms honoured at food industry’s Oscars

The record €9bn exports achieved by food and drink companies in 2012 is likely to be surpassed this year, and the €12bn target in Food Harvest 2020 is in sight, Agriculture, Food and Marine Minister Simon Coveney revealed last night.

Fri, 15 Nov, 2013

RNLI chief praises Union Hall lifeboat fund ‘heroes’

The new head of the RNLI visited Union Hall on the south coast yesterday to see where the port’s new lifeboat service is to be trialled over the next two years.

Tue, 12 Nov, 2013

Operator of 999 system defends handling of calls from the Tit Bonhomme

The company which operates the 999 emergency calls system has defended its staff for the way in which they handled two desperate 999 calls made from a mobile phone on the stricken Tit Bonhomme after it struck Adam’s Island.

Fri, 24 May, 2013

Fitting tribute to seafarers who lost lives

The crumbling wreck of the Tit Bonhomme was barely visible to relatives who revisited the tragic site at Adam Island yesterday.

Mon, 23 Jul, 2012

Locals angry at costs of digital TV roll-out

The problem of patchy television reception across West Cork was debated at a public meeting last night.

Tue, 12 Jun, 2012

Beacon grants on cards as Glandore search is scaled back

Fishermen could be offered grants to buy personal distress and location beacons under proposals being considered by Marine Minister Simon Coveney.

Mon, 06 Feb, 2012

Council falls silent in memory of fishermen

Cork County Council members stood in silence yesterday as one of its members recited the Fisherman’s Prayer in remembrance of the dead and those still missing from the trawler Tit Bonhomme.

Tue, 24 Jan, 2012

Army of ladies work hard to keep searchers’ spirits up and bellies full

CHICKEN curry, vegetarian chickpea soup, chilli con carne and stew.

Thu, 19 Jan, 2012

Father joins search for trawlermen off West Cork coast

The father of a young man feared drowned on a trawler with four experienced fishermen believes his son’s body is on board.

Mon, 16 Jan, 2012

Top prize money draws exhibitors to Bantry

TOP prize money drew livestock exhibitors from all corners of the country to the Bantry Agricultural Show in west Cork last Sunday.

Thu, 09 Sep, 2010

Families heartbroken for heroes lost to the sea

FOR one family the mourning can begin — for another family, the agonising wait goes on.

Fri, 09 Jun, 2006

Jerry bowls them over with his Friesians

IT’S been a very good July for Church Cross, Skibbereen dairy farmer Jerry Hegarty. A couple of weeks ago he won his second All-Ireland Intermediate Road-bowling title in a titanic man-to-man struggle with Ulster champion Harry Toal.

Thu, 28 Jul, 2005