Cork County Council is providing specially-designed lifeguard stations on five beaches and a beach wheelchair service at another location.

A variety of local and succulent seafood is on the menu for the second annual Courtmacsherry Seafeast in West Cork on Sunday afternoon.

Five decades after sitting into a radio studio for the first time, Seán Bán Breathnach remains as enthusiastic and animated as ever on the national airwaves

Inshore fishermen, local residents, and tourist-related businesses face an nightmarish eight-month road closure to facilitate flood defence works in a West Cork harbour.

Buzzards are returnees. Extinct in the late 1800s, they slowly began recolonisation in the 1930s, writes Damien Enright

MOVING from Waterford city to the Ring Gaeltacht fifty miles away may not sound like a major life event but for Catherine Foley, her whole world changed at the age of 11.

There are events that will always buck the trend in Irish rallying and this weekend’s Quality Hotel West Cork Rally, the opening rounds of the Irish Tarmac Championship and the PlasticBags.ie Southern 4 Rally Championship is a prime example.

Tommy Barker finds a acres of land for a small home, by the expanse of West Cork’s Inchydoney beach.

They've been abandoning higher ground.

The owner of a world-class plant collection in Kerry is set to realise his greatest professional ambition by exhibiting at next May’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

Fáilte Ireland to consider west Cork spot for Wild Atlantic Way.

Campaigners in West Cork are stepping up their efforts to have a picturesque peninsula parish included on the Wild Atlantic Way route.

Having toured the length and breadth of Ireland, Barry Coughlan finds much more to discover in Ireland’s Ancient East.

Major dredging and upgrading of coastal facilities is needed in Cork county to reap the rewards of the fishing industry and maritime tourism.

THE Wild Atlantic Way tourism initiative is obviously a success, well planned and executed, paying dividends to the geographically marginalised communities through which it passes, writes Damien Enright.

A growing number of towns and villages with Garda stations no longer have a dedicated garda, with eight stations losing their last permanent officer last year.

Agent Andy Donoghue of Hodnett Forde expects overseas/returning ex-pat as well as local interest in this Clonakilty home.

Donegal’s Donagh Kelly bids for a fourth successive victory at the Quality Hotel West Cork Rally this weekend - a feat that has never been achieved in the 40-year history of the Clonakilty event.

I’ve always been excited by musical sounds. My earliest memory is playing a little toy piano with the black keys painted on.

The Taste of West Cork (September 9-18) food festival is in full flight and The Menu shall be up to his oxters in same. 

A county councillor in Cork has claimed the local authority “could do more” to tackle the current housing crisis, by building on its own existing housing-zoned landbanks of nearly 130 acres.

A massive expansion plan for the country’s premier whitefish port will have a significant economic impact on the fishing sector in the West Cork region, Deputy Noel Harrington believes.

Beaches and marinas across the country are bathing in the warm waters of European approval — 86 of them have been awarded the prestigious Blue Flag status.

 

Half of the people surveyed during a visit to Dingle Peninsula said they would recommend it as a holiday destination.

Clonakilty reopened for business just hours after floods again ran through the centre of the town.

Coldplay gave a local pub an intimate gig on Monday.

An Ajax fan suffered “serious head injuries” last night after falling from the stand during his team’s 2-1 Champions League victory over Barcelona.

We view a selection of trading up homes from around the country.

Beautiful site makes this bungalow well worth buying, Tommy Barker reports

From crafts to cookery along with culture, craic, and ceol — that’s what the Ring of Cork has to offer.

There was a dramatic finish to the Quality Hotels West Cork Rally in Clonakilty, with Carrigaline’s Brian O’Mahony and Mayo co-driver John Higgins (Subaru WRC) coming through to take the honours.

Leading food, craft and tourism companies in Cork are pooling their energies to promote companies in the south and east of the county.

A major flood alert was issued in Co Cork last night following a combination of torrential rain, high tides, and strong winds.

A tragedy that touched the hearts of the nation exactly 12 months ago was remembered in a fishing village last night.

Glasses were being raised last night in hostelries around Cork as it emerged that seven of the county’s pubs have achieved listings in the latest edition of Michelin Eating Out In Pubs Guide.

The family of the skipper who drowned along with four of his crew off the South-West coast have pleaded with authorities to make technology available which would pinpoint fishermen lost at sea.

For more years than he cares to remember, Martin Condon was Mr Charleville GAA.

MANY visitors to the Ring of Kerry are missing out on some of its greatest attractions by not deviating from better-known routes, a local councillor have claimed.

THE tragic events off the West Cork coast have brought home to the nation the arduous lives of fishermen who go to sea in all weathers in pursuit of a livelihood.