An island community off the south-west coast has asked people not to visit, as part of an effort to protect the elderly living there.

Trish Dromey finds a close neighbour link with movie director Neil Jordan in this picture-perfect Beara setting.

The Government has announced that Cork is to receive an investment of €290 million to deliver fibre broadband to almost 75,000 homes in the Intervention Area (IA).

As an introduction to our islands, this heritage week programme has a selection of lovely islands and a wide range of activities to entice you.

Conor Power The emergence of a large or medium-sized block of land on Bere Island in West Cork is a rare event. So rare, in fact, that regardless of its current land use, the size of it, and the fact that it’s on Bere Island, it is enough to make it a very talked-about property.

A community radio station on an island off the south-west coast is to trial EU-funded technology to allow it broadcast digitally-created Irish dialects in English and as Gaeilge.

Mary Sullivan’s art has been heavily influenced by her life in West Cork, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

As well as being a much- appreciated opportunity for rural communities to see professional theatre in their locales, the West Cork Fit-Up Festival gives much needed work to actors during the summer months.

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.

Here's your summer events guide for the month of August, including all things music, arts and ents.

A national blueprint for more balanced growth in Ireland has identified a number of key infrastructure projects vital for sustaining and increasing the population in West Cork.

Sadhbh Sullivan from Bere Island in West Cork has been running her fashion blog www.sadhbhers.ie since 2016.

AN ENTIRE holiday home complex under the Caha mountains, on 10 waterfronting acres next door to movie maker and writer Neil Jordan’s West Cork hideaway, has come for sale, trading exceptionally well thanks to new management and the boost of the Wild Atlantic Way.

A special ceremony will be held on an island off the south-west coast tomorrow to mark the exact day 80 years ago when the British handed over its fortifications to Free State forces.

Carrickfern’s high-flying owners are selling up and heading home to Canada, hoping to take with them happy memories of times spent at their West Cork home, bought only a few years ago, reports Tommy Barker

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.

Lives are being put at risk by dangerous “overcrowding” at a floating dock or pontoon in one of the country’s busiest fishery harbours.

Tracey Kennedy was confirmed last night as the first female chair in Cork GAA history as nominations closed for annual convention without a challenge to her nomination.

Residents of one of the country’s largest inhabited islands have warned of an emerging crisis after power cuts effectively crippled their multi-million euro harbour storm gates.

Got a dilemma? No problem! Ask Audrey has all the answers.

Just 180 people live on the island - and a syndicate among them won €500,000. They want to remain anonymous.

Sweeping brushes and spades may be the physical tools of success in the Tidy Towns but the crucial factor is partnership.

All 176 residents of a West Cork island, from babies to 90-somethings, are to be photographed as part of an historic initiative marking a ‘moment in time’ in the life of the offshore community.

Established only three years ago, the Bere Island Park Run has quickly become one of the most popular Park Runs in the world — and now it’s to be set to music.

Personal memorabilia such as photographs of loved ones, teddy bears and floral tributes will be removed from county council-managed cemeteries if new bylaws are enforced.

Personal memorabilia such as photographs of loved ones, teddy bears and floral tributes will be removed from county council-managed cemeteries if new bylaws are enforced.

YOU are almost at the end point of Ireland, when you get to Castletownbere and the narrowing and indented sections of the ridiculously scenic Beara Peninsula — so, it’s handy to a have a boat in your back yard to get around in, to explore the coastline, and perhaps do a bit of fishing into the bargain, writes Tommy Barker

A Californian student at University College Cork will help remember the arrival of the US navy in Ireland — 100 years to the day after her great-grandfather commanded the flotilla that sailed into Cork harbour.

There is everything to play for now but you’ll probably be able to tell from the warm-ups in Nowlan Park and the Gaelic Grounds who is up for this the most, writes Anthony Daly. 

Sean O’Riordan explores the arrival of American navy fleets in Cork Harbour during the First World War and their subsequent impact on the local infrastructure, economy, and society.

Music festivals, sailing races, arts displays, and a poetry marathon are some of the events to be enjoyed this August bank holiday weekend.

Tommy Barker reports on a Beara Peninsula property which features an accompanying art gallery or guest house. 

Talk about putting the WOW! into the WAW, Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way.

Three members of the 60-strong crew of LÉ James Joyce are returning for the second time to the Mediterranean Sea because they are anxious to help exploited refugees.

A county council-led plan to boost the economy of West Cork through encouraging more cruise liner passengers into the area is beginning to pay off.

There’s the big show in Dublin tomorrow, but you know all about that. Michael Moynihan caught just one of the thousands of other games on this weekend to give another snapshot of the GAA...

The first votes in the election for the next president and deputy president of the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) were cast last night.