Place: Crookhaven

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<p>There are many Bird Islands in the country including at Kilmakilloge Harbour, Ardgroom Harbour, Dunworley near Clonakilty, and Cape Clear. All are appropriately named as they provide breeding grounds and shelter for myriad bird species. Picture: Larry Cummins</p>

outdoors

Islands of Ireland: Mizen Head's Bird Island is really tricky to get to — and that's great

'This is just the fourth island in this series to defeat the attempt of this columnist to land'

Clodagh Finn: Take inspiration from Mary Harper's solo Atlantic voyage at the age of 79

<p>The lighthouse on Rock Island at the entrance to Crookhaven in West Cork. Picture: Eddie O'Hare</p>

outdoors

Islands of Ireland: Did a London bureaucrat put Crookhaven's Rock Island lighthouse in the wrong spot?

food

Restaurant review: Hooked on the food at Crookhaven

home and gardens

Donal Hickey: Explore your shore to find real treasure trove

comment-analysis

Sean O'Riordan: West Cork pirates' lucrative Atlantic operation

Ask Audrey: I’m so ahead of the curve dude, I’m already worried about getting Covid-20

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for ages...

Thu, 09 Apr, 2020

The Islands of Ireland: Bullock Island gives up its secrets slowly

Several Irish islands are connected to the mainland by an isthmus as if the shore can’t bear to let them go — an umbilical cord that ties them to the shore till time erodes the link and renders it a ‘true’ island.

Mon, 10 Feb, 2020

Ask Audrey: Never start a pyramid scheme in south Kerry, they’re actually not as thick as they look

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Fri, 27 Dec, 2019

Ask Audrey: 'Cairo is basically Limerick with a few pyramids'

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Thu, 24 Oct, 2019

Ask Audrey: There are plans for a pack of anti-democratic zealots to build a huge wall along the Lee

Sorting out Cork people for ages...

Thu, 29 Aug, 2019

Ask Audrey: What’s a good way to bring sisters together? The reading of a will

C’mere, what’s the story with liking someone from Dublin? Myself and the old doll are in Benalmadena and we’ve made drinking buddies with this couple from Clondalkin.

Thu, 08 Aug, 2019

Ask Audrey: She said, wow, yet another person who doesn’t know that Curraheen is the Irish word for gold-digger

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Thu, 04 Jul, 2019

Three Cork water supplies removed from ‘risk list’

Three public water schemes in Cork have been removed from a list of potentially dangerous supplies by the environment watchdog. This follows upgrade works by Irish Water.

Tue, 11 Jun, 2019

House of the week: Take the plunge with this West Cork home

It's not only the streets, the back roads and the boreens of Schull which will be teeming with sporting activity this day next week – so too will be the churning waters of the harbour.

Fri, 31 May, 2019

The best restaurants to book this summer

From brunch to burgers, fine dining to street food, Joe McNamee has the pick of the top dining destinations across the country.

Fri, 31 May, 2019

Ask Audrey: I feel sorry for the TD on the swing, must be awful being in Fine Gael

Sorting out Cork people for ages.

Thu, 30 May, 2019

Ask Audrey: How to sort out Norries in your back yard

My cousin has his ear to the ground on the real estate scene around town.

Fri, 26 Apr, 2019

Star Wars to meet bidding battles at West Cork home with private pier

Crookhaven's Monksfield dips a toe, and a pier, in the coastal property market

Mon, 15 Apr, 2019

How carnival beats the drum for tolerance

Cork documentary maker Kate Hardie Buckley was in Brazil to film the changing dynamic for the country’s LGBT community, writes Ellie O’Byrne

Fri, 05 Apr, 2019

Islands of Ireland: Battle for survival on an island isolated by storms

This 65-acre island is the smallest of the three Calves of East, Middle, and West.

Mon, 25 Mar, 2019

Watch the amazing footage as golfer tees off from some of West Cork's most scenic spots

Head down, follow through...

Fri, 30 Nov, 2018

First community air ambulance won’t be doctor-led

The country’s first community air ambulance service is set to take off within weeks — but it won’t be a doctor-led service as had been hoped.

Thu, 20 Sep, 2018

Hosepipe ban takes effect for all areas as heatwave continues

Fears at rapidly depleting water supplies with no rain forecast.

Thu, 05 Jul, 2018

Ask Audrey: A survey said Dublin was the best city in Ireland. What does Cork have to say about this?

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for ages.

Fri, 23 Mar, 2018

Ask Audrey: 'Do you know how I might arouse myself?'

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Fri, 29 Dec, 2017

Tragedy at sea lit the way to safer system of lighthouses

‘Lamentably deficient’ lighting doomed ships off our coast, but led to a proper system of lighthouses, writes Robert Hume.

Fri, 10 Nov, 2017

When art and nature collide

CHILDREN build sandcastles. Hillwalkers leave rock cairns to aid fellow walkers or to stand testament to their passing. The religious or the superstitious tie rags to trees at holy sites. It seems, then, that a human desire to make a mark on the landscape is innate and ancient.

Thu, 21 Sep, 2017

Ask Audrey: I will cure his sex addiction by showing photos of women from Carrigaline

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Fri, 30 Jun, 2017

Crookhaven home worth casing out

It’s all about location, location, location for this system-built house in Crookhaven, says Tommy Barker

Sat, 24 Jun, 2017

Ask Audrey: I tried tantric sex with my yoga instructor once and we managed 47 minutes before the bus arrived at Parnell Place

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Fri, 23 Jun, 2017

Ask Audrey: Herself is after falling in with a bunch of intellectuals inside in Killorglin