Amid growing opposition to land-based wind and solar-power projects, the renewable energy industry is looking more to the sea as an alternative energy source.

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.

West Cork islanders Olive and Sean O’Neill have been forced to put their home up for sale and are moving to the mainland so their children can attend school.

West Cork islanders Olive and Sean O’Neill have been forced to put their home up for sale and are moving to the mainland so their children can attend school.

There’s a clear move to the sheer convenience of city centre living, with a bounce in apartment values in better located schemes, and high-end units hitting high-end prices.

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A man broke into two houses on Sherkin Island and stole alcohol before being arrested after landing back on the mainland by ferry.

When the fates aligned all those years ago, it was engine trouble that brought Frenchman Youen Jacob to Baltimore.

A Cork teacher has appealed for crowdfunding to make her dream of a music festival on Sherkin Island, West Cork, into a reality.

Tommy Barker visits Ilen River bank home of departing banker, AIB’s Chief Executive David Duffy, after its latest €1m-plus drop.

AS people tuck into mountains of smoked salmon — most of which is the farmed variety — over the festive season, the wild Atlantic salmon will continue its long battle for survival.

As the Ballydehob-based Fit-Up Theatre Festival gets ready to visit local towns and islands, Louise Roseingrave hears about the genesis of Ireland’s most unique - and lengthy - theatre festival.

Teenagers from Cape Clear, Sherkin and other offshore locations tell Rita de Brun about the stormy crossings, the strong sense of community and the difficulty of finding dates

IT’S the season when salmon are heading up rivers to spawn, a time when poachers once engaged in cat and mouse games with gardaí and bailiffs, now known as fishery protection officers.

The beautiful West Cork village has an air of France about it, discovers Conor Power.

Sherkin Island plays host to an innovative performance featuring a wind harp, writes Tina O’Sullivan

An alligator was once presented to the people of Cape Clear in West Cork by the captain of a ship that ran into a local boat, killing four men.

For the first time the population of the seven inhabited islands off the Cork coast have elected a joint community council which they hope will give them greater clout when it comes to gaining vital inward investment.

CONOR COUNIHAN and company aren’t the only Cork team chasing an All-Ireland senior football title this month.

LAST time around, in the mid-2000s, this was a swift property seller for its auctioneer, despite an island setting.

GRIEF-STRICKEN islanders in West Cork spoke yesterday of a father’s frantic efforts to resuscitate his toddler daughter after she fell into a low-tide inlet.

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