The man managed to climb onto rocks but was unable to make it any further so had to wait for rescuers to arrive.

Last Sunday, Colm Plunkett could have died when a wave swept him into the sea as he was fishing in the Beara Peninsula.

IT’S OFTEN been said that we have a lot in common — Hollywood hunk Colin Farrell and I. Apart from the obvious similarities — the simmering intensity, the brooding good looks and the sheer natural talent — we have another thing in common after my recent visit to the scenic Beara Peninsula in West Cork.

Kolonel Kirkup was no mug on the level and must have a decent chance of taking top honours at Catterick.

Donald McCain and Jason Maguire took the honours with a pre-Christmas treble at Catterick yesterday.

The future of the country’s only cable car is in jeopardy because Cork County Council cannot afford the substantial investment needed to bring it up to required standards.

Fancy becoming an islander for the weekend? If so then those living on the inhabited islands off West Cork would be more than delighted to meet you.

A FARMER has claimed that a number of in-calf cows face starvation on an island off the south-west coast if a dispute over weight restrictions on a cable car is not quickly resolved.

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.

NEW weight restrictions on the country’s only cable car service will spell the end of sustainable farming on a scenic West Cork island.

THE country’s only cable car service has been shut down after a mechanical engineer spotted what he described as “a loose bolt” on an overhead mounting.

THE residents of a tiny island off the south-west coast will abandon their boats next week and return to using Ireland’s only cable car.

TOURISTS will have to wait until August before they can use Ireland’s only cable car to access an island off the south-west coast.

IRELAND’S only cable car will be out of action for several weeks after it was discovered that its suspension cables were fraying.

IRELAND’S only cable car is set to be replaced next month — exactly 40 years on from when it was first installed to link an island off the south-west coast to the mainland.