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In this week's BUMPER Easter edition!
First of a special series of articles to mark 125th anniversary of The Southern Star
Clonakilty goes it alone to elect its own mayor
Possible Whiddy oil storage depot sale no threat to Bantry jobs
Countdown to local and European elections begins
20-page Home & Garden mag
West Cork Fashion and Beauty Special
Superstar kids' mini paper
GAA: Carbery begin SFC campaign in style plus we preview Beara's opener
GAA: An interview with Bandon's Mark Sugrue ahead of All-Ireland U21 semi-final between Cork and Roscommon
GAA: Carbery Rangers win the Tadhg Crowley Cup
Hockey: Clonakilty ladies' celebrate famous cup victory
Rugby: Good weekend for Clonakilty, Skibbereen and Bandon in various cups
Superstar kid's 4-page mini newspaper in this week's Star
Calling all kids, don't miss our mini newspaper, Superstar, in this week's Star.
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
BALLINEEN-based Carbery Group has announced a strong operational and financial performance in its 2013 accounts.
Garda in Anglesea Street Garda Station, Cork, are seeking the public's assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 17-year-old Mid Cork girl Tammy Duggan.
CORK West Garda Division is hosting a unique event this Tuesday night - the first of its kind held anywhere in the country - at the Riverside Park Hotel in Macroom at 7pm.
GREAT ideas flowed as freely as the ocean at an information evening in Acton's Hotel about the Wild Atlantic Way
CLONAKILTY'S Sacred Heart Secondary School scooped the top prize in one of Ireland's biggest schools competitions
A HUNDRED news jobs are to be created at pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly
FROM 'Pancake Pandemonium' to 'Coppers for Cancer'
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.
Following an appeal process, planning permission has been granted by An Bord Pleanla for a discount store development at the Fairfield in Skibbereen, which will be operated by German retailer Aldi.
West Cork's Glenilen Farm has launched its layered fruit and 'live' probiotic natural yoghurt pots in a new 125g four-pack with a little help from brand ambassador Sonia O'Sullivan.
An Garda Sochna and the Road Safety Authority have urged drivers and riders to slow down this Easter bank holiday weekend. From April 14th to April 21st, An Garda Sochna will be intensively target speeding vehicles.
COOKING up a storm
Community at Kilcrohane turns up to honour quarter-century of service
FORMER Irish international captain and manager of the Irish and British & Irish Lions rugby teams Donal Lenihan, launched the 2014 Heineken Kinsale 7s.
AN Post has confirmed that the future of Leap Post Office - which closed suddenly two months ago - is subject to 'an ongoing process'
WITH the clocks gone forward it's off for another season of cleaning, brushing, weeding and watering for members of Clonakilty Tidy Towns Committee who held their AGM earlier this week.
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