For years, my friends and I have line-fished on Beara Peninsula, practising ‘catch and release’, but stocks are being ruinously depleted by gillnetting from boats, says Ashley Hayden.

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.

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.