The owner of the Whiddy Island oil terminal in Bantry Bay plans to sell the strategic facility.

The son of one of the 50 people who died in the Whiddy Island disaster has had a meeting with high ranking gardai, claiming Ireland's maritime safety structures are "fundamentally broken".

“It really is the highest form of respect to be given to any scientist,” says Madeline Hutchins of her great-great-grand-aunt Ellen Hutchins, who had a number of plants named after her.

THE Danish government has decided to ban new fish farms at sea, or expansion of existing ones. The move is being watched by the industry here and by people who continue to oppose such farms planned for places such as Bantry Bay, Co Cork.

This weekend’s 40th anniversary of the death, in a storm in Bantry Bay, of double Booker prize winner JG Farrell, offers an opportunity to speculate how that great chronicler of empire and the collapse of empire might regard Brexit.

Three fin whales, each bigger than the Courtmacsherry whale-watch boat, were spotted off the Old Head of Kinsale last week.

Lorna Siggins Citizen science pinpointed the first samples of a rare kelp in Irish waters and now NUI Galway researchers are hoping that sea swimmers, divers and kayakers may help to find more.

The relatives of 50 persons who died in the Whiddy Island Disaster are applying to the High Court for rectification of the victims’ death certificates.

Campaigners against a proposed plastics factory in Skibbereen have hailed a High Court ruling that the issue be returned to An Bord Pleanála for consideration and a possible Natura Impact Statement.

The Menu has a hankering to make a return to the halls of Academe, particularly inspired by the prospect of a new Postgraduate Diploma in Irish Food Culture which begins in UCC this autumn, though the College of Art, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences.

A mere speck compared to the giant Bere Island beside it, and into one of whose fields it would easily fit, Roancarrigmore Island is of such diminutive size that its north/ south axis can be traversed in 30 seconds.

Kelp harvesting in Bantry Bay could be a step closer after a High Court judgement dismissing an appeal against the operation.

"I returned to live in my hometown Bantry, just over seven years ago. Little did I know then where I would be today!"

THIS West Cork island near the mouth of Glandore Harbour is one of five Rabbit Islands in the country, with the others in Bantry Bay, Cork Harbour, Galway Bay and Lough Corrib

There is sure to be a good deal of interest in a West Cork farm currently for sale with Clonakilty-based auctioneers Hodnett Forde Property Services.

A highly-respected photographer who chronicled life and times in the towns, villages, and islands of West Cork over a number of decades has died.

On the morning of 8th January, 1979, I was on a Night Shift at Great Island Power Station in County Wexford.

One of the more surprising facts about Whiddy Island in Bantry Bay is the size of its population in the 19th century.

Campaigners opposed to kelp being harvested in Bantry Bay are planning a protest, while the company that secured the licence has rejected claims made against it and suggests the public has been “misled”.

Work on the country’s first large-scale kelp harvesting operation is due to commence on July 4.

A group campaigning against kelp harvesting in Bantry Bay has secured a judicial review into the decision to grant a licence for what would be the biggest such harvesting operation in the State.

Plans to close a spectacular mountain route between Cork and Kerry for road repairs have been postponed.

Protesters opposed to a new kelp farm beginning operations in Bantry Bay will hold a demonstration outside Dáil Éireann today.

Autopsies are being carried out on several dolphins that have washed up on beaches in the last month.

A company which has a licence to harvest seaweed in West Cork has said that it received online threats of sabotage after a programme on the topic aired on television.

Well, of course, we did have bears, but not on Bere Island. The island is named after the peninsula and is derived from the Spanish princess Bera who was married to the first king of Munster, Eogan More.

The board that rules on appeals regarding aquaculture licences has requested a string of new reviews before making any final decision on a proposed new salmon farm off Shot Head in West Cork.

Final approval has been given for the start of the largest kelp harvesting operation in the country, a move which has prompted dismay among those opposed to the plan.

An organisation opposed to the development of another salmon farm in Bantry Bay says the area is “already overburdened” with them and believes there’s a direct link between such farms and sea lice infestation which can kill wild fish.

A consultant representing a company planning to develop a €3.5m salmon farm in Bantry Bay has told a reconvened oral hearing it will not have a detrimental impact on the general environment or wild fish stocks.

It may sound like a tall order, but the solution to rows about ocean-based fish farms could well be up in the sky. 

Farmed salmon producer Marine Harvest Ireland (MHI) says it is turning away business due to the slowness of Irish licensing processes.

Farmed salmon producer Marine Harvest Ireland (MHI) says it is turning away business due to the slowness of Irish licensing processes.

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THE row about kelp harvesting proposals simmering around West Cork is rooted in one simple fact: The public does not trust regulatory authorities to do the right thing, to protect the common good or the environment in the face of proposals for commercial development.

BioAtlantis is licenced to mechanically harvest kelp around the Bantry Bay area. However, despite the fiscal and employment potential and despite assurances from the company, considerable local concern remains about the impact on wildlife, livelihoods and the environment, writes Noel Baker.

The LÉ Samuel Beckett dropped anchor in Bantry Bay yesterday to play an integral part in the West Cork Literary Festival.

Peter Dowdall says the West Cork Garden Trail offers inspiring examples of community work

Emma Jane Kirby's book recounts an amazing tale of tragedy and kindnes amidst the refugee boats off Italy, writes Marjorie Brennan

A High Court judge has quashed an order by the Minister for Agriculture in which he had revoked the licence of a fish farm in Bantry in West Cork.

The Cork region stands on the cusp of a golden opportunity to showcase itself as a cruise destination par excellence, the Port of Cork has said as the first cruise liner in almost 30 years sailed into Bantry Bay.

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Tourism and local industry tell Claire O’Sullivan there will be huge damage caused by kelp harvesting in Bantry, but the harvesting company says otherwise.