From Christmas Day swims to Christmas tree flings, there’s no excuse to be a couch potato this festive season, with lots on offer to get you and your loved ones up, out, and on the move, writes Susan O’Shea.

Busy bees living on the roof of a city centre college have just produced A-grade honey.

A small community project in Cork that encourages people to pick up three pieces of plastic whenever they visit the coast is fast gaining momentum, writes Rebecca Stiffe.

John Grant was at his brilliant best at Cork Opera House, writes Ellie O'Byrne

I love this time of year and this week I’m sharing some of my favourite ways to spend my downtime in December. For my recipe, it’s my gingerbread cookies and spiced almonds, both great edible gift options, writes Derval O'Rourke.

Breast cancer survivors are preparing to launch a fundraising calendar, similar to the famous ‘Calendar Girls,’ and one of the participants is a man.

Tommy Barker explores a modern three-bed bungalow with views over a picturesque part of the Cork coast — just 20km from the city

Oh say can you see a supersized home with stunning views? Tommy Barker salutes a classier ‘White House’.

Rapidly growing satellite town Carrigaline could be divided into two local election areas.

The annual Vampire Swim at Myrtleville in Co Cork took place yesterday.

They were poised to reopen on Saturday, with diners confirmed, staff rostered, and food and stock ordered in.

Beach goers are being urged to be respectful when taking to our country's strands.

CORK CITY’s coat of arms shows a ship sailing between two castles: it could now, as easily, show ships passing between the two Roches Points.

Six Myrtleville friends are this week planning to swim twice across the English Channel to raise money for the children’s unit in Cork University Hospital.

A coastal community has pleaded for help to tackle beach litter after their beach was destroyed with rubbish over the weekend heatwave.

The aptly-named Radharc is an architect-designed home with stunning vistas, writes Tommy Barker.

“It is a place we all love coming back to. It has unbelievable memories for us.”

Ballycotton's ‘Inn by The Harbour’ is a stunningly set bar, restaurant and seven guest rooms, with a 130-year history marked by the intervention of two men in clerical habits over a 110-year time span.

Elaine Duggan explores the social phenomenon of the Ford crates which have remained part of the country’s landscape.

‘Tideways’ on the Owenabue estuary has had upgrades since its ’60s build and makes for an impressive home, writes Tommy Barker.

A bastion of the old British Empire, Ballinluska House in Myrtleville is up for sale but is under threat from the sea, writes Tommy Barker.

First erected at the Great Cork Exhibition, this cliff top home is perfectly pitched writes Tommy Barker.

THERE’S been an arty influence in the recent upgrades to the attractively-titled home Hawk’s View, at the cusp of Cork harbour, in an indented coastline area that could well be called Cork’s Bay Area.

Distracting views are a feature of this quality beach-side home on a mature landscaped site, writes Tommy Barker.

A man was rescued from treacherous rocks beneath the landmark Bunnyconnellan's pub in Myrtleville, Co Cork tonight.

The sea is off in the distance, visible down the rolling landscape and fields from is this fine family dormer home, at south Cork’s coastal Ballinluska.

A turning tide of market confidence could see a rebuild, or even one, two or three new homes, on the grounds of this seaside older-style bungalow called Chusan, a stone’s skip from the Ferry Road at Fountainstown.

Tommy Barker says this tastefully finished house really grows on you with each visit.

The setting, the sea, the sunny aspect, the swimming holes beneath the sloping terraced grounds - just some of the features that combine to make Ceann Mhara a very special buy.

A crucial weekend in the Munster junior league is in store as title contenders Clonmel and Newcastle West square off.

John O’ Mahony

Location: Fennells Bay, Cork, €450,000

Location: Myrtleville, Cork, €95,000

A senior garda has tried to allay community leaders’ fears that a tourist hotspot in Cork will not have its Garda station closed following the transfer of its sole sergeant.

Size: Sq m 65 (700 sq ft)