Communities on nine non-Gaeltacht islands have expressed concern at the news that the Department of the Environment, Community, and Local Government is to terminate funding to their five community development company offices from the end of next month.

A New York man with a history of psychiatric problems decapitated his mother, dragged her body into the street in front of their home and then killed himself by walking in front of an oncoming train, Long Island police said yesterday.

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A GP representative body has described a key part of HSE plans to reconfigure the ambulance service in West Cork as “dangerous and unworkable”.

A LONG-HORNED king of the hills, which must have been bemused by the curiosity of thousands of humans over the weekend, will today be returned to his fastness in the Kerry mountains.

He opened with a good bowl, which Murphy missed by 30m. Murphy played his second bowl to the right and O’Donovan increased his lead to 60m.

Cash-stricken Cork County Council cannot afford to fix some of the “appalling” and “impassable” roads on its seven inhabited islands.

Racegoers at Wincanton on Friday will get the chance to judge for themselves how well Kauto Star is recuperating from his schooling fall.

For the first time the population of the seven inhabited islands off the Cork coast have elected a joint community council which they hope will give them greater clout when it comes to gaining vital inward investment.

LONG confined as a footnote in Irish history, the role of the 49,400 Irish soldiers who fought and died in the First World War has finally been restored to the spotlight.

ISLANDERS in west Cork are trying to encourage more people to visit and, ultimately, live among them.

LONG-SERVING Fine Gael TD Bernard Allen has given a public endorsement to just one of the two candidates in the Cork North Central constituency where he is bowing out of politics.

A 10-YEAR strategy to enhance life for about 500 inhabitants on the seven islands off West Cork has been launched.

A MAJOR blueprint for the future of Cork’s seven inhabited islands will include promoting them as tourist destinations.

LONG-HAUL passenger numbers at Aer Lingus plunged by a quarter last month as ferry numbers showed an increase.

ISLANDS off the coast of Cork could become the first in the country to get a comprehensive refuse disposal service.

LONG-AWAITED West African peacekeeping forces arrived in Liberia’s rebel-besieged, famished capital yesterday to deafening cheers from the city’s desperate people.