"Your mother has a secret..." The words of an astrologer spoken to a West Cork woman led to her discovering that she was not her father's biological daughter.

There can’t be too many figures of historical significance whose birthday is about to be celebrated with a curry, many hundreds of years after their death.

CAKES and prices were the only things being cut on budget day yesterday in a West Cork town.

A WEST Cork town is planning to beat the budget blues next week by “eating cake” — Marie Antoinette-style.