The residents of a west Cork housing estate are "at their wit's end" dealing with a failing wastewater treatment plant that ...

“You can’t unsheathe it the whole way or you have to draw blood,” Adrienne McCarthy laughs as she takes her father’s samurai sword from beneath the counter of the lasar she runs in Castletownbere.

CORK lifeboats have issued a stark warning after two men were rescued from a sinking ship amid stormy conditions overnight. A lifeboat was launched from Castletownbere in Force 7 winds to rescue the ...

Ask a local — from Allihies to Eyeries, from Castletown to Kilmacalogue — where they’re from and they may not respond with “Cork” or “The Kingdom”, but simply “Beara”. For Beara, the country’s most ...

Noel Baker reports on two West Cork communities awaiting urgent Irish Water works to address raw sewage that is being released directly into the sea. You never know what you’re going to find way down ...

CORK CREDIT UNION COUNTY SFL DIVISION 3 Mallow 1-10 Castletownbere 3-10 Castletownbere made the long journey to Mallow where a dominant first half display saw them run out convincing winners over the ...

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Ireland's newest RNLI station has been formally opened in Castletownbere, Co Cork. The lifeboat crew had been operating from temporary premises at Dinish Island for several years until the completion ...