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In this week's jam-packed edition of The Southern Star...
Prof Gerry O'Sullivan Memorial Park for Caheragh
Permission granted for discount store in Skibbereen
Stars of Philomena for Schull film festival
Minister visits Kinsale and Dunmanway
Clonakilty's Avril Murphy profiled
Soccer: Drinagh Rangers win the mygaff.ie Cup.
GAA: Bear bow out of county SFC, Carrighdhoun hurlers win, Cork U21s lose, Cork minors win, plus all local action
Powerlifting: an interview with Bantry's Abigail Cronin
Bowling: Aidan Murphy wins the Joe McVeigh Cup
Canadian bloggers love West Cork!
Some 800,000 people in Canada and elsewhere around the world are set to read all about West Cork and the Wild Atlantic Way. Award-winning Canadian travel bloggers Dave Bouskill and Debra Corbeil - whose blog is called The Planet D - arrived in Ireland last week.
If you're a huge pop music fan and dream about someday working in the music industry and if you're between 13-15 years old, this could be your chance!
Both Baltimore's RNLI lifeboats - the all-weather lifeboat and inshore lifeboat - were called into action on sunny Easter Sunday morning to give assistance to a yacht grounded on rocks.
CASTLETOWNSHEND National School Parents' Association is embarking on a fundraising drive to help complete the new extension to the school.
The population of Castletownshend NS has continued to expand. There are currently 119 pupils and they have outgrown the current facilities at the school.
BY JACKIE KEOGH
THE organisers were conservative in their estimation of the number of chairs that would be needed.
They'd provided chairs for 100 but 100 more had to be brought out before the meeting to discuss the future of Leap Post Office could take place.
BY JACKIE KEOGH
GLANDORE Pier - a piece of West Cork infrastructure that was built in the late 1800s - is to get a major facelift as part of a €200,000 investment by the Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with Cork County Council.
Cllr Adrian Healy confirmed that the pier - which was damaged during the recent storms - is in need of urgent repairs, but he said the work would not commence until September, or October at the latest.
An injury-time Donal Murtagh free broke Cork hearts in a gripping All-Ireland U21 football championship semi-final against Roscommon in Portlaoise this afternoon.
Southern Star APRIL 19 2014
A Bord Bia audit carried out in March 2014, found that the use of the Bord Bia Quality Assurance logo continues to grow with 95% of all lamb facings in Irish retailers carrying the mark, up 7% on the same quarter last year.
KBC Bank is looking for ideas which are innovative, creative and that will make a difference to a community in Cork.
With less than five weeks to go to the local and European elections, the countdown to polling day has begun in earnest.
Cork ARC Cancer Support House is appealing for people in Bandon to support its annual flag day on Friday, April 25th.
VERY encouraging was how Bandon Garda Superintendent Eddie McEoin, described the most recent crime statistics
BY JACKIE KEOGH
'I LOVED it and I loved you' - that was what Jamelia said after hearing Danica Holland perform Christina Aguilera's song 'Lady Marmalade' on The Voice on Sunday night.
Jamelia, like all of Danica's fans in West Cork, loved the performance - which packed as much power as even Christina could muster - but, sadly, despite excellent votes from the three judges, the Glengarriff songstress did not make it through to the semi-finals.
BANTRY Bay's oil storage facilities will remain a major employment provider in the years ahead
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ENTERTAINMENT for everyone is guaranteed on Easter Sunday
As this newspaper celebrates its 125th anniversary, we want you, our readers, to briefly tell us what The Southern Star means to you.
The Restaurants Association of Ireland today condemned the ban of alcohol sales on Good Friday, saying that the law is unacceptable at such a busy time for the tourism, restaurant and hospitality industry.
THOUSANDS of people are expected to retrace their ancestral heritage as they take to Ireland's ancient pilgrim paths - including the St Finbarr's Pilgrim Walk which leaves Drimoleague for Gougane Barra
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