On the morning of November 28, 1881, the people of Dursey Island, Co Cork, looked out on the Calf Rock to an extraordinary sight. The tower of the lighthouse was gone, swept away in one of the most severe storms of the century. The lighthouse had been constructed in 1866 with its light 136ft high.

Dan MacCarthy talks us through the Saltee Islands, named by Viking seafarers.

A new exhibition at West Cork Arts Centre in Skibbereen features a range of artists who pay homage to the local environs, writes Alan O’Riordan

Wind farms out a sea are probably less harmful to wildlife than land-based ones.

There’s no easy way around this readers: a great Christmas present won’t be bought in the mad dash run-up to Christmas.

EVER TIRE of working elbow-to-elbow in a cramped work-space? Ever wince as you swipe your work-card at the start of another day, while pondering the reality of being just another cog in the wheel? 

THE AFTERMATH

A small yacht has been rescued off the West Cork coast, after it got into difficulty this morning.

THERE’S something special about landing on an island, whether you arrive by causeway or by bridge, by air, by ferry or other boat, by swimming, or swing by an island via a cable-car — and you’ve all those choices on offer for Ireland’s hundreds of islands.

IRELAND has a new gannet colony; the first to be established since 1988.

A man has had a miraculous escape after falling from a cliff at Bull Rock, near Crosshaven in Co Cork.