EirGrid has identified new potential landfall locations on the East Cork coast for a proposed €1bn subsea power cable between Ireland and France.

Amid scenes reminiscent of the aftermath of a music festival, tents, sleeping bags, and items of clothing were found abandoned across the sensitive dunes area on Ardnahinch beach in east Cork after the weekend party.

Environmentalists have reacted angrily after teenagers partied with beer and drugs on a stretch of protected coastline before abandoning tents, rubbish, and used toilet paper.

TV chef Rachel Allen has backed her coastal community’s tourism drive.

Gardaí have appealed for witnesses after a man in his 40s died in a car crash in East Cork.

Environmental champions who have changed the toilet- flushing habits of hundreds of people and improved water quality in a scenic bay have been honoured for protecting the Irish coastline.

A lifeboat crew has been praised for their heroic efforts in saving a stranded dolphin from almost certain death.

A swimming instructor has become the first person to complete the gruelling open water swim from Ballycotton to Ardmore on the south east coast.

Laurie O’Flynn discovers an East Cork gem overlooking Ballycotton Bay and Garryvoe.

Residents in East Cork have accused Eirgrid of failing to communicate with them about tentative plans to develop a 600km electricity interconnector between Ireland and France.

One of Cork’s most popular beaches has been closed for swimming after elevated levels of bacteria were found in the water.

A landmark lighthouse built on an island off Cork in the mid-1800s is set to open for its first guided tours today as part of an ambitious new tourism venture.

A landmark lighthouse built on an Island off East Cork in the mid 1800s is set to open for its first public tours tomorrow.

The first lifeboat to receive an award for bravery for its role in one of Ireland’s most daring sea rescues has been returned to its spiritual home.

A GROWING awareness of the value of our wetlands has become noticeable, often for practical reasons given that they act as water purifiers and play a vital role in flood control.

“Start with the best ingredients and the dishes will almost prepare themselves.”

WE BADLY need a reason to celebrate, so let’s join the revellers and merrymakers all over the world and really enjoy St Patrick’s Day.

A PERFECT silence fell as the hearse containing the two white coffins arrived at the church.

ON a bitterly cold and windswept hill overlooking the sea, only the presence of a garda outside the bungalow gave any clue of the horrific deaths of two young sisters inside.

THE price drop seems huge — but the truth is it might have been a bit too pricey in the first place.

DESCRIBED by the selling agents as a bit of a higgledy-piggledy Fr Ted house, Island View House in Ballycotton is a property in need of a bit of salvation.

GARDAÍ believe a 61-year-old Co Limerick man drowned after getting into difficulty while swimming off the east Cork coast.

A 61-year-old man tragically drowned yesterday afternoon after he got into trouble swimming in Ballycotton Bay, Co Cork.

LINDVILLE sur mere? A new estate of houses at Ballycotton, Co Cork, reflect the Victorian style of the high-value city scheme.

THIS extended and reconstituted cottage on more than an acre of East Cork coastal land could be the perfect full-time home, or else an ideal second home, according to the selling agents.

THERE’S an expression used for when things are under consideration, that a person is ‘taking a view’ on it.

RIGHT next to Ballynamona beach in Ballycotton, and within commuting distance of Cork city, this fine, big house at Ballycotton should prove attractive to buyers in East Cork.

IT might be a bit far out, but it could come under the bargain of the week heading - seven acres in Killeagh in East Cork with OPP for €90,000.

Eleven people were this evening rescued in three separate operations off the Cork and Louth coasts.