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Company marks birthday with bursaries
BANTRY firm Keohane Seafoods celebrated two hugely successful years in business with a midsummer party and BBQ at their shop at the Food Emporium at Kinsale Road roundabout last week.
CLONAKILTY has topped a poll of searches for coastal towns on a popular website.
THERE is widespread shock in Beara this week at the news that a liquidator has been appointed to Berehaven Credit Union
THIS year marks the 35th anniversary of Ed Harper's goat farm on Cape Clear Island.
JOHN Kelly the Irish, Australian and British artist is exhibiting at Doswell Gallery in Rosscarbery.
It's been through a few tough years, but now the stylish town is ready to be revitalised by a new injection of visitors, writes Nick Bramhill
WEDNESDAY last, July 16th, saw the completion of the Cork County Council's Beacon Retail Programme for fifteen Dunmanway retailers.
Eilish O'Carroll is back home in Castletownshend after the media frenzy at the opening of her new movie, writes Aisling Meath
THE decision by An Bord Pleanla (ABP) to refuse planning permission for a wind farm in an upland region of West Cork has been hailed as a landmark decision
AS Gougane Barra National Forest Park re-opens to the public this week, controversy still surrounds its clear-felling
West Cork Communities Alliance welcomes new Minister of State
Drinagh's EuroSpar store in Skibbereen will celebrate its new-look supermarket with a Food Fair for customers today.
THE announcement of €120,000 Lottery funding for Cara House in Skibbereen has been welcomed.
The fifth annual Tragumna Island Swim will take place this Saturday, July 26th. This year's swim is in aid of development works in Tragumna, which suffered a lot of damage after the recent storms.
A camera can be a hugely powerful chronicler of the past, artist Tomasz Madajczak tells Siobhn Cronin
Liz Dunphy took time to chat to this summer's mobile caterers at the popular beach
A LECTURE from his mum about leaving his mucky wellies lying around has inspired an unemployed West Cork man to launch a business.
A DEPUTATION, led by the Mayor of Cork County, Alan Coleman, is to travel to Dublin in the coming weeks to meet the new Minister for Transport
COURTMACSHERRY Harbour has again broken its record for the largest number of visiting yachts on one night.
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