Life
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun charity weekend celebrates its 8th year
THE annual Girls Just Wanna Have Fun weekend in aid of Action Breast Cancer takes place at the Celtic Ross Hotel in West Cork from October 2nd- 4th.
Chance encounter uncovered the funeral casket of ODonovan Rossa
IT was a chance encounter in the early 1960s that unearthed the steel casket that transported the remains of Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa back to Ireland from New York in 1915.
Fire at Skibb dig site fails to deter students
A GROUP of visiting archaeologists from the University of Maryland in the US are to continue their excavations at Windmill Rock in Skibbereen, despite a fire coming close to ruining the site.
Refuse to pay water bills urges Cllr Collins
THE people of Bantry should not pay their water bills, a councillor has suggested. Independent Cllr Michael Collins, has suggested that 'the entire area should be declared bill-free'.
More GPs sign up to under 6s scheme
SEVERAL more GPs in West Cork have signed up this week to the new free GP scheme for under 6s.
On yer bike but be sensible with it
CYCLING has been part of our lives for as long as we can remember.
Local producers on parade
Brownie's Bite - Food with Chef Matthew Brownie
An early coloniser
Pollen studies have revealed that the hazel tree was present on the ancient landscape of West Cork
A different perspective
An old text offers an insight into how animals were perceived in 17th century Ireland