One of West Cork's most glorious wild beaches, the Long Strand near Clonakilty and Rosscarbery is having a bit of a 'moment in the sun', it would seem.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said all parties are "inching towards" a Brexit deal but warned "there are a few ups and downs in these negotiations yet" as the March 29 deadline moves into view.

Red Lodge is in a prime setting, looking west towards Dunmore, over the main access road to Inchydoney’s beaches.

Charity kayaker Ger O’Leary will this morning recommence an attempt to solo circumnavigate Ireland after being blown off course in West Cork.

A rescue mission was launched in the early hours of yesterday morning after a yacht participating in the Fastnet race got into danger after its mast broke,

A stricken yacht is being towed to safety this morning off the west Cork coast.

German airmen who crashed in Ireland during the Second World War and survived were interned here, becoming objects of great curiosity among local people who encountered them, as Ryle Dwyer discovers.     

A dead dolphin at Broadstrand, Seven Heads, West Cork, carried in on a high tide and now above the tideline, so not likely to be carried out again. It’s a big animal, rotund and heavy. It’s on a popular walking route: what’s to be done?

1pm. I am upstairs in the Emporium, lying underneath a table, working on its legs.

You could be run off your feet today if you go to view either of two sites, or a do-er upper bungalow, for sale in West Cork’s pretty and elevated coastal village of Ardfield.

This distinctive property near Kinsale has plenty of potential for prospective buyers, writes Tommy Barker.

This distinctive property near Kinsale has plenty of potential for prospective buyers, writes Tommy Barker.

Ever wanted to stay in a lighthouse, to hear the waves crash around you and wake up to stunning views?

A gorgeous birds-eye view of West Cork shows the popular tourist spot in its prime.

Want to discover the Wild Atlantic Way? Tommy Barker checks out the most southern point, at Mizen Head in West Cork, and the most northern — Malin Head in Donegal.

A HOT air balloon flight is often top of many people’s wish list and although it is pricier than a pair of socks or a soap on a rope, there are different options available and might be a good idea as a group present for that all-important family member.

Cork County Council has appointed consultants to compile a database of heritage sites under its control to see which of them could be exploited for tourism purposes.

BUTLERSTOWN-SHANAGH (Seven Heads Walk, West Cork)

Former village shop is choc-a-bloc with everything from glass to religious pictures, writes Tommy Barker.

West Cork €310,000

CARRIGFADA HILL, WEST CORK

Richy’s Restaurant & Cafe, Wolfe Tone St, Clonakilty, Co Cork, 023-8821852, richysbarandbistro.com

A coastal community which witnessed one of the worst trawler tragedies in recent years has launched a bid to secure an inshore lifeboat.

The Lightkeeper: A memoir

The Cork section of what Fáilte Ireland hopes will be an iconic coastal tourist drive will not stop in Glengarriff, as planned, and will extend into Kinsale.

A memorial plaque is to be unveiled next week to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a plane crash off the Cork coast which claimed the lives of 28 people.

This substantial Sands Cove, Clonakilty property has something for everyone, writes Tommy Barker

Due up for sale by tender on Sept 19, this 30-acre parcel of land at Galley Head, West Cork, should entice all and sundry.

West Cork land in a stunning location will draw international interest as well as local, writes Tommy Barker

Communities in West Cork could lose out on tourism revenue if Fáilte Ireland does not expand a proposed Atlantic Way project.

A man is in hospital after a mayday call was issued by a racing yacht off the coast of Co Cork last night.

AT the end of a beautiful West Cork peninsula, a simple plaque marks the site of a former industrial school that housed inmates known locally as ‘blue legs.’

SOCIOLOGISTS employ all sorts of clever-sounding techniques in order to determine how social systems, such as small rural communities for example, function.

This bungalow in West Cork has views that will excite interest, writes Tommy Barker

Symbolic fires blazed on headlands and islands along the Cork coast last night marking a timeline of the Titanic’s ill-fated maiden voyage across the Atlantic a century ago.

Symbolic fires blazed on headlands and islands along the Cork coast last night marking a timeline of the Titanic’s ill-fated maiden voyage across the Atlantic a century ago.

Contemporary coastal home is private and set on eight landscaped acres in West Cork, writes Tommy Barker

More than 50 volunteer divers will take part in the search today as part of what is likely to be the last push to find two fishermen who have been missing since their trawler sank off the Cork coast nearly three weeks ago.

The search for the bodies of three fishermen believed drowned off the coast of Co Cork has been expanded today to cover an 18-mile radius.

IT’S horses for courses with this hobby farm at Burgatia, Rosscarbery, a mile and a half from the west Cork village.

ROSSCARBERY – the place where Cork people go to retire. Or to holiday, or to visit for a bracing Sunday walk.

HOW’S this for auctioneering hyperbole?