West Cork News
In this week's Southern Star...
Labour TD 'in difficulty' over possible Aer Lingus vote; Elderly man in court on sex assault charges on minor; Anger following yet another crash on N71 at Rosscarbery; Meet Castletownbere's 'human' goat and Skibbereen's three-legged calf!; Cllrs want Bandon roads addressed urgently; West Cork motorist told by judge: 'Don't come out of Cork'; Bandon architect on trial for murder; Bailey case continues in High Court; Preview of Cork NFL opener; SW JAFC draws; Day of shocks in mygaff.ie Cup; Stephen Carey takes our 'In a West Cork Minute' challenge; Reduce your risk of cancer; The soothing effects of sound; Neasa Ni Annrachain remembered
Chef's guide aims to highlight all our individual strengths and gifts
BY JACKIE KEOGH
A guide to expressing our own unique potential, a book by Martin Robbins, is now available in West Cork bookshops.
This Saturday morning (Jan 31) the West Cork Association of Community First Responders will be launched by Steve Redmond, World Champion Open Water Sea Swimmer in Skibbereen and Clonakilty.
WHILE small firms in Cork and Kerry are less positive about the year ahead than companies elsewhere in Ireland, 57% are confident about the future and one in 13 plans to open a new premises this year.
BY JACKIE KEOGH
EIBHLN O'Sullivan has, for the second time, been appointed chairperson of the Federation of Irish Fishermen (FIF).
BY JJ HURLEY
DESPITE installing water meters a little over two months ago, contractors for Irish Water have returned to an estate in Belgooly to carryout out essential maintenance on the original ground works, surrounding at least twenty water meters.
Southern Star January 24 2014
A DUNMANWAY cameraman has worked on a movie which is vying for the title of Outdoor/Adventure Film of the Year from Outsider magazine, which also features swimmer Steve Redmond.
BY JACKIE KEOGH
ADDITIONAL surgical services are to be provided at Bantry General Hospital.
BY JACKIE KEOGH
SKIBBEREEN film editor, Darragh Byrne, will be flying out to Los Angeles next Tuesday because his role in the Oscar-nominated animation movie, Song of the Sea, is up for an Annie Award.
BY JACKIE KEOGH
IT was bad news all around for Bandon this week, with the news that two major projects could be facing hold-ups.
BY SIOBHN CRONIN
THE Carbery Group, which is headquartered in Ballineen, has officially opened Nutrifont in Brazil, a whey processing joint venture between the Irish company and BRF, one of South America's leading food companies.
READERS of The Southern Star have cast their votes and made their choice of their favourite picture of the past year.
The RNLI has just unveiled a stunning video of its activities, which features a number of its West Cork bases.
Gardai have reported that the body of a woman in her 20s was discovered in a house in Bandon today.
Tourism interests in West Cork are invited to a meeting in Bantry tomorrow night (January 28) to discuss plans for a region-wide campaign.
BY JACKIE KEOGH
THREE members of Fianna Fil, including Senator Denis O'Donovan, have declared their intention to seek the party nomination for the next election.
Skibbereen journalist Grinne McCarthy, based in Paris, reflects on how the city - an iconic symbol of romance - is now a changed place since the Charlie Hebdo attack
Southern Star January 24 2104
By Siobhn Cronin
FOUR publicly-run nursing homes in West Cork are under threat of either losing beds or outright closure, according to Fianna Fil's Micheal Martin.
By Liz Dunphy
'It's lovely to be here, boy,' were Mary Kennedy's opening words to this year's Cork Person of the Year awards, said in an impressive Cork accent for a Dubliner to muster.
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