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IN THE STAR THIS WEEK: Suicide support centre opens in Skibbereen ... Coolmountain residents angry over music-playing neighbour ... Kathryn Thomas' €1,000-a-week bootcamp
West Cork music gets big Dublin exposé
This month the West Cork Chamber Music Festival will be in Dublin - as the National Concert Hall (NCH) pays tribute to the Bantry-based festival.
A GRAND nephew of James Joyce won the Clonakilty Heat of the Over 60's Talent Competition last week.
Phil Joyce, originally from Dublin, was one of the eight contestants to participate on the night.
CLONAKILTY has the happy knack of putting its best foot forward and that certainly was the case at The Southern Star business breakfast, which was held at The Fernhill House Hotel on Friday morning.
A Garda has rejected suggestions he and another Detective were asked to 'put the frighteners' on Martin Graham in June 1997 after gardai lost trust in Mr Graham as an informant in the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder investigation.
One of the Cork pig sculptures sent to Dublin to raise funds for the Jack and Jill Foundation has received 5,000 sponsorship.
Teenagers, aged 13-16, with an interest in drama are invited to become part of a play that will be staged at the Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre in Skibbereen on Saturday May 9th.
Senior management in Cork City have written to trade union Impact with concerns about the proposed amalgamation of Cork's city and county library services.
The second highest number of queries to the national Alzheimers helpline came from Cork last year.
Coastal areas of West Cork could be in for a financial windfall, if they secure funding from an EU programme to link Irish and Welsh communities.
AN exhibition of work by local artist Tadhg McSweeney will take place in Ballyvourney next month.
Festivals, heritage groups and disability agencies can benefit from a number of grants offered to voluntary organisations, which could make a very real difference to them.
FORMER London gangster John Pridmore will be talking about his rehabilitation when he visits Bantry Parish Church next week.
An American witness has told Graham Dwyer's murder trial that she formed an online relationship with him when she was feeling depressed and suicidal.
The girl's got rhythm and she looked hot too: Veronica Horgan's boyfriend looked stunned, her sister cried, and her dad told her he loved her.
UCC will be the sole focus of RTE's Nationwide programme this Friday 6 March at 7pm.
CORK County Council, on behalf of Irish Water, is advising customers on the Bantry High Level Water Supply Scheme that there is a loss of supply due to a waterbreak.
Students from Bandon, Ballincollig and Clonakilty recently visited MSD's site in Brinny where they participated in an 'Engineer Speed Dating' event.
Irish Guide Dogs is urgently looking for volunteer puppy walkers in Cork and the surrounding areas. The puppy walker's job is to foster and socialise the pup from six weeks to 12-14 months.
The organisation You Are Not Alone will hold a coffee morning for those who are bereaved or affected by suicide in the Montenotte Hotel in Cork today at 11.30am-1pm and the first Tuesday of every month.
A forum for the exchange of views took place at the Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre this week to discuss the possibility of an Arts Trail throughout West Cork, from Beara to Bandon.
A Dunmanway learner driver who crashed his car after drinking, injuring one of his passengers was fined €3,500 as the judge said the four young men in the car that Christmas night were not just carefree, they were careless.
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