Tommy Barker discovers a classic do-er upper in a smashing location.

The eldest daughter of the Kerry Independent TD Danny Healy-Rae has lost out in her bid to take over the chair of the municipal district of Killarney.

An auctioneering firm has been found guilty of an offence under the Litter Pollution Act for having a poster at a crossroads.

Great excitement on the phone last Sunday morning, communicated via Skype from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, by two friends of ours, British long-term residents there.

The latest Healy-Rae to enter the political dynasty says it’s a privilege to be walking in the footsteps of her grandfather.

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There’s an impressive B1 level BER with the new-build home 2 The Green, right by a green on Chapel Street in the West Cork town of Bandon.

The Simpsons voice actor Harry Shearer has revealed he that is leaving the show.

Murderer Graham Dwyer is to argue that his conviction should be overturned and he should be freed from prison in an appeal likely to be heard next year.

Bertram Allen’s philosophy heading into this weekend’s World Cup finals in Las Vegas is fairly straightforward: Do your best and see where it takes you, writes John Tynan.

Townspeople in Bandon, Co Cork, facing huge upheaval with public works over the coming years are being urged to attend a public consultation exhibition before a €20m plan is undertaken.

Likely new development projects in Bandon, Co Cork may not have automatic access to the town’s sewerage system.

Work should start early next year on a stalled €5.5m sewerage scheme in Bandon, Co Cork. Irish Water has confirmed it has now prioritised the scheme which was halted in mid-2012 when the contractors, SIAC, abandoned work on the project following mutual agreement with Cork County Council.

Writer Beth Tyrrell describes herself as lazy about her work. Don’t believe a word of it.

An Irish duo’s attempt to walk 779km to the North Pole has been abandoned after both were injured when a sled fell on them.

Hundreds of farmers swarmed into supermarkets around the country, bought up the all the heavily discounted vegetables on sale and then gave them away for free to the public outside.

A 13-month-old baby boy died after ingesting a 5cm metal screw that lodged deep in his windpipe.

A 37-year-old woman yesterday denied murdering a 27-year-old man whose strangled body with more than 60 wounds was found dead in the Bandon River in Nov 2011.

The Garda Benevolent Trust Fund, originally set up to deal with cases of severe illness, is now having to help frontline members of the force pay ESB and gas bills.

Thirty wannabe ‘Rocky Balboas’ are making final preparations for entering the ring before 1,000 cheering spectators.

Further to Rosie Cargin’s letter on the serious risks to general health from the fluoridation of our water supplies (Letters, Feb 14), I would like to know why the Minister for Health continues to sanction the compulsory addition of this poison to our drinking water when topical application of fluoride via toothpaste and mouthwash is the most effective way to bring about the intended dental benefit?

A patient at Cork University Hospital had her purse containing €180 in cash stolen by another patient who was caught shortly afterwards spending some of it at an Abrakebabra outlet.

A young man who died in a kayaking accident was remembered at his requiem Mass yesterday as a courageous and fearless leader who lived life to the full.

TWO people have been charged with the murder of a man in Bandon, Co Cork.

SHINAGH Estates Dairy Farm is being provided with over €500,000 in start-up funding by Ulster Bank, to part-finance the setting up of the operation on the outskirts of Bandon, Co Cork.

Tributes have been made to a Circuit Court judge whose great loves, apart from his family, were the law, politics and the GAA.

THREE non-nationals were arrested following a chase during which they threw an imitation firearm from their silver BMW.

BILLOWING skirts and ribboned bonnets – this sublime Regency Lodge near Bandon, Co Cork, really does bring on a Jane Austen moment.

IT was a knife-edge battle of wits when two schools went head-to-head in the Thomas Crosbie Holdings (TCH) All Ireland Schools Quiz yesterday.

COOLIM, Allen Square, Bandon, is a characterful, detached bungalow close to Hamilton High School in a solid, residential area of Bandon, Co Cork.

THE property company RPIF, which owns the site on which the Topaz oil terminal is positioned on Cork’s South Docklands has confirmed it is preparing a planning application for the commercial development of the area.

DOWN in price in anticipation of a quick sale, this big, one-off at Carhue, Bandon is now on the market at €550,000, having hit the market at an initial asking price of €695,000.

TWO workers at Limerick’s Dell computer plant were killed in a horrific road accident, which claimed four lives at the weekend.

BANDON Garda Station was petrol bombed and the life of a member of the public was put at risk — and yesterday the culprit pleaded guilty to two charges arising out of the crime.

ION Equity is in talks with Reox Holdings that could lead to the €200 million purchase of its consumer brands that include Galtee, Dairygold, Mitchelstown, Shaws and Calvita.

IN one of the more salubrious areas of Bandon, west Cork, ‘Willow Creek’ is also a bit of a rural idyll.

THOUSANDS of revellers are set to enjoy a free music festival in Bandon, Co Cork, this weekend which will feature headline acts like Duke Special, Director and Mary Black.

Foreign national drivers may not have adequate motor insurance cover to drive on Irish roads, it was claimed today.