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Bantry is the overall winner of Ireland’s Best Kept Town competition, 2019. The results were announced this week at an awards ceremony in Farmleigh House. Bantry also won the Best Kept Small Town category. Arklow, County Wicklow won the Best Kept Large Town category, Donaghmore, County Tyrone won the Best […]

Cork County Council has taken delivery of two new 8,500 litre water tankers to complement the existing Council Fire Services fleet. The new water tankers, which will be stationed in Bandon and Bantry, will improve fire fighting services in responding to fires in areas which do not have an existing […]

Irish Community Rapid Response has welcomed the announcement by the Department of Health on June 14 that a service contract has been signed – and Ireland’s first community Air ambulance will be airborne within weeks.  Welcoming the announcement, ICRR said it looked forward to working is strong cooperation with the […]

Cork County Council hosted a well-attended breakfast business and networking event in the Maritime hotel on May 15 – the first of a series of local events organised, as part of a pilot Retail Support Programme for West Cork in 2019. The pilot scheme, driven by Mayor of the County […]

What kind of town will Clonakilty be in the next ten to twenty years? These were the big questions asked at the recent Roadmap for Clonakilty meeting on May 6 at The Fernhill Hotel. Clonakilty Chamber of Commerce, who organised the event, were delighted to see so many in attendance […]

Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Patrick Gerard Murphy has officially turned the sod on the new community hall in Whiddy Island marking the commencement of construction of the first ever community facility for the Island.  Development of the much-anticipated community hall will cost in the region of €340,000 […]