Place: Dinish Island

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<p>Agriculture, Food and the Marine Minister, Charlie McConalogue, with Cork County Mayor Frank O’Flynn, local TDs, councillors, and MEPs officially opening the €48m Dinish Wharf expansion at Castletownbere Fishery Harbour Centre. Picture: John Allen</p>

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Skippers say €48m West Cork wharf expansion will not benefit Irish trawlers

Dinish Wharf expansion at Castletownbere Fishery Harbour Centre is of little use to Irish fishers given the EU quota deal, they say

Aerial view of holiday house at Seamair, Ferous East, Kenmare

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Jigs and reels to wind up at UK family's Co Kerry retreat

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Restuarant Review: This Crosshaven old flame still flickers

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Castletownbere wharf extension to 'drive forward the fishing industry and local economy'

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Huge clean-up operation under way as Ophelia leaves trail of destruction

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€21m pier extension work in Castletownbere to start next year

Dinish pier plan to lift fish haul

A major pier extension and an upgrade of the shipyard facilities on Dinish Island in Castletownbere, Co Cork, was announced yesterday.

Tue, 21 Jul, 2015

Weather-related drownings off coast

There have been many weather-related drownings off the south-west coast since what’s regarded as the worst in 1847 claimed the lives of 92 of the 110 passengers and crew onboard the Stephen Whitney.

Fri, 15 Aug, 2014

Killarney key to the Kingdom

WHEN visitors come to Ireland there are some things I feel it’s my duty to share. Taytos, obviously, Barry’s Tea and Clonakilty black pudding.

Sun, 20 Apr, 2014

Sewage plant 'an economic necessity', Council tells Irish Water

Cork County Council has submitted a “business case” to Irish Water for a €8.8m sewage treatment plant and the upgrading of water mains in Castletownbere because it makes economic sense.

Tue, 19 Nov, 2013

Man died after crashing car taken from police station

A car, in which a man died in a road traffic accident at the weekend, had been taken without permission from a peninsula garda station.

Mon, 09 Sep, 2013

Court battles over sinking of unlicensed ferry

At 9.30am on Feb 24, 1994, an unlicensed ferry pulled away from the slip at Castletownbere bound for its second journey of the morning to Bere Island.

Mon, 04 Feb, 2013

€40m harbour development ‘key’ to future of fishing port

A €40 million harbour development, being opened today in Castletownbere, will help sustain the future of the country’s largest whitefish port.

Mon, 30 Apr, 2012

Call for councillors to agree consensus on fish farm plan

A number of West Cork county councillors are “keeping their counsel” in a continuing controversy over a planned new €3.5m fish farm in Bantry Bay.

Fri, 24 Feb, 2012

Dances With Waves sails into choppy waters

Local people were not really surprised at the latest landing in Castletownbere, writes Donal Hickey.

Sat, 08 Nov, 2008

Riverdance duo land dream home

MILLIONAIRE Riverdance duo John McColgan and Moya Doherty have side-stepped the biggest names in sport and entertainment to land a €2 million house in Co Kerry.

Wed, 26 Feb, 2003

Missing fisherman is feared drowned

A fisherman missing for two days off the Kerry coast may have fallen overboard and drowned as he was not wearing a lifejacket, rescuers said today.

Fri, 02 Aug, 2002

Celebrities bid to snap up scenic hideaway

THE rich and famous are chasing a luxury house in the south-west that will set the buyer back €2.2 million.

Thu, 11 Jul, 2002