Jackie Keogh

Two students out paddle boarding at Barlogue got close enough to remove netting from the tail of a basking shark.

WHEN Sheenco Travel founder Genevieve Sheehan launched the luxury travel company from her kitchen table in Goleen in 2012, she believed there was room in the market for a more personal, highly tailored approach to luxury travel in Ireland and the UK.

West Cork's municipal district officer presented some of the positive developments that have taken place during the month of April.

Ballydehob Country Music Festival celebrates its 15th anniversary this June bank holiday weekend.

A UK musician with strong Glengarriff connections has released a new album, Permutations, following the award-winning success of her debut album, ​Westbound, which was released last year, writes Jackie Keogh.

A court order instructing Wendy Murphy to remove her caravan from a halting site in Skibbereen has been granted.

A male ensemble comprising of members of West Cork’s Ukrainian Choir and members of the Killarney Orthodox Community Choir will be presenting Eastern Christian Chants and Hymns of Lent and Easter at a very special recital to be held at 7pm on Sunday May 31st at the Holy Trinity Church in Schull.

Green Skibbereen is to close the doors of CECAS at Myross Wood House on June 30th, but will continue delivering its ​various projects.

ALMOST 3,000 O’Sullivans and Sullivans have already registered to take part in a historic gathering on the Beara Peninsula over the June bank holiday weekend, writes Jackie Keogh.

ACCLAIMED artists Brian Lalor, his daughter Ayelet, and her sister Eve, will be hosting a family exhibition that opens on Friday June 5th at the Blue House Gallery in Schull.What's rare is wonderful and this eclectic exhibition certainly has it all from ceramic and mixed-media sc