Tommy Barker wrestles with coastal properties to attract overseas buyers around west Cork’s Ballydehob.

For the first time in its seven-year history, a West Cork theatre tour boasts an international dimension, with links to Berlin and Boston, writes Colette Sheridan

Ballydehob-born Tara Brandel explores personal issues in her performances, writes Ellie O’Byrne

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If ever there was an example of dancing the blues away, this is it. The West Cork village of Baltimore has gone viral courtesy of a YouTube video showing locals bopping to Happy by Pharrell Williams.

Carmel Winters: “I have a responsibility to people as a storyteller to not shy away from experiences that need to be aired.”

Tranquil Cluain Áilinn, complete with pontoon and privacy, will be a stretch for most, writes Tommy Barker

The tradition of travelling theatrical troupes has been revived in Cork, writes Jo Kerrigan

He’s fought huge waves swimming some of the toughest seas in the world, but record breaker Steve Redmond couldn’t fight back the tears as he arrived home in Cork to a hero’s welcome.

Hero swimmer Steve Redmond flies out to Japan later this week in a determined attempt to make sporting history.

NEVER mind the 12ft waves, the dangerous tides and the dehydration — just watch out for the sharks.

CRAMPS, heavy swells and a 26-mile swim along the West Cork coast from Baltimore to Schull, taking in the Fastnet Lighthouse, didn’t deter marathon swimmer Steve Redmond.

YOU can take a winner at Clonakilty Agricultural Show anywhere.

TOMORROW evening’s West Cork junior football decider in Skibbereen is dripping with novelty and charm.

AN estimated 12,000 people flocked to The Beaches in Bantry for the annual agricultural show last Sunday.

BREEDERS from the North served notice at the two-day Cork Summer Show that their dominance of the major horse shows south of the border is set to continue.

GOALS from Ger McCarthy and Daniel O’Donovan in the opening 10 minutes proved decisive as Dohenys marched into the Evening Echo Cork Co SFC semi-final with a 2-9 to 1-8 win over O’Donovan Rossa at Drimoleague yesterday.

Cork is to get a new landmark — a €500,000 gift from a construction firm for the support it has received from the people of the city for its building projects, the Evening Echo reports.

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