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Public shut out of Gougane Barra amenity
Thousands of farmed salmon killed in Bantry Bay
Wild Atlantic Way launched
Skibbereen Eagle called back to action!
Rowing: Interview with Skibbereen's Richard Coakley who has been selected to row for Australia in the World Cup Regatta:
GAA: Interview with Cork selector Don Davis ahead of Cork v Derry.
Soccer: Cork City's Billy Dennehy chats about the season ahead.
Bantry's Brian Casey a runner-up in Le Crunch competition
One of just five finalists, local musician does well in national competition.
Mr Joe Carroll, a former town and county councillor who is hoping to be re-elected on the Fianna Fil ticket on May 23rd
TANAISTE and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore presented Keohane Seafoods of Bantry with the overall SFA National Small Business Award for 2014 on Thursday night in Trinity College, Dublin.
Kinsale Yacht Club has been confirmed as the Mitsubishi Motors 'Sailing Club of the Year' for 2014 in celebration of an outstanding year during 2013.
WEST Cork schools were among the many recipients of awards at the weekend's second-level finals at the Briery Gap Macroom - the All Ireland Light Entertainment Festival and the National Transition Year Drama Festival.
Following last week's launch of the ISPCC's Shield Anti-Bullying campaign, with the support of many celebrity ambassadors including rugby icon Brian O'Driscoll, the ISPCC is highlighting the various activities taking place throughout the month of March to keep the spotlight on the issue of bullying.
Lord of the Dance Michael Flatley has accepted an invitation to be Grand Marshal of this year's Cork St. Patrick's Day Parade.
PASSING heavy showers failed to deter the hundreds who turned out on Sunday afternoon for the third annual Kinsale Pink Ribbon Walk in aid of Action Breast Cancer, a programme of the Irish Cancer Society.
TRANSITION-year students from ten West Cork schools competed in the West Cork Schools Enterprise Programme on Tuesday last
'No sense or reason' to
emergency management,
claims Mid Cork man
Minister of State for Tourism and Sport Michael Ring TD today promised visitors the 'journey of a lifetime' as he officially launched the Wild Atlantic Way, Ireland's first long-distance touring route.
A SCALED-down search for a Dutch tourist missing off the Sheep's Head peninsula is set to resume this weekend.
ONE of many highlights at the very successful first Lennox Robinson Literary Festival was the unveiling of a portrait of the playwright and author and launch of the room in his honour at Douglas Library by Lord Mayor of Cork, Catherine Clancy.
Southern Star March 8 2014
A new charity single 'Amazing Grace' recorded by jazz singer, Sharon Crosbie and Friends was launched at the weekend to coincide with the Kinsale Pink Ribbon Walk.
MINISTER Simon Coveney is being asked to give the figures of the escapees from the recent storm damage to a salmon farm in Bantry Bay. A written parliamentary question tabled by Clare Daly, TD, is due for reply later this week.
A novel 'Walk a Mile in my Shoe' fundraiser takes place today, Sunday 2nd, at 2pm at the Clonakilty GAA grounds.
He will oversee a major change in the landscape of local government
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