CROSSING water in gale-force winds, we are assured the return journey will be calmer.

HEIR Island in Roaring Water Bay is a magical place.

A VOLUNTARY drive to provide radiotherapy patients from West Cork with free transport to Cork University Hospital (CUH) has proved a major success and plans are now in place to do the same for those needing chemotherapy.

CORK South West election candidate John Kearney is determined to leave no ground uncovered in his quest to try and break down the bureaucracy “that prevents so many people from putting business ideas into action”.

YOU’LL get more for less now at Poulnacallee, on the way to Turk Head from Skibbereen in west Cork, across the bay from Baltimore. This modern build, which doffs its cap to traditional materials, first hit the market in late spring 2008, optimistically in search of a buyer for €1.5 million, and was then offered on an acre of land, with a guest cottage.

AT the guide price of €450,000 to €500,000, this 19-acre farm in the millionaire belt of Church Cross, Skibbereen, looks a bit of a bargain.

LAST year, a 40-acre coastal farm in the townland of Whitehall in west Cork was withdrawn, leaving potential buyers from all over the world disappointed.

Rose Martin