The August weekend is normally the busiest one of the year in Skibbereen and this year there is plenty to attract art lovers. 

GET the point? It might cost you a bit, but West Cork’s €1.5m Drishane Point is a sort of place apart, while also anchored to a Special Area of Conservation, near famed marine lake Lough Hyne.

As weather forecasts continue to suggest that 2013 will be the best summer the country has seen for years, four Irish Examiner writers profile their favourite beaches and hidden gems around the southern coastline.

IT has a bold design to the front and at the side, this 3,200 square foot house at Kilnagospagh in Skibbereen, Co Cork, has a lofted office/study space with external steps over the attached garage.

Rose Martin finds a cottage near Skibbereen on market for €165,000