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09/09/2026

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08/09/2026

West Cork Motorcycle Club celebrates successful 2026 season after five championship victories at Mondello Park.

West Cork Motorcycle Club has grown into a country-wide success story, with 240 members from all corners of Ireland, around 50 of whom currently hold competition licences.

West Cork Motorcycle Club has grown into a country-wide success story, with 240 members from all corners of Ireland

08/09/2026

Eoin Reardon shares his progress on turning former Ballineen shop into his home.

Fresh from being this year’s National Heritage Week Ambassador, woodturner and content creator Eoin Reardon has ambitious plans to develop a workshop and a ‘new gaff’ following his purchase of a former shop in the heart of Ballineen village.

Eoin Reardon has ambitious plans to develop a workshop and a ‘new gaff’ following his purchase of a former shop in the heart of Ballineen village.

08/09/2026

How Éire Óg’s G4M&O team went from Monday nights in Ovens to their upcoming trip to New York.

Now in their third year, this ever-growing band of women are ready to take over Manhattan at next month’s New York Ladies GAA G4M&O blitz, billed as a festival of football.

Lorraine Lehane is a day-oner. An original. She was there from the start of the Éire Óg Gaelic4Mothers&Others adventure in 2024.

08/09/2026

Tidy Towns volunteers hit out at vandalism which has decimated its tight budget.

Persistant acts of mindless vandalism in Skibbereen have been reported to An Garda Síochána.

Four floral arrangements, worth €400, on the railings of Kennedy Bridge near the West Cork Hotel were destroyed last Saturday night.

Perisistant acts of mindless vandalism in Skibbereen have been reported to An Garda Síochána.

08/09/2026

Courtmacsherry set for eclectic Songs & Stories by the Sea fest.

Next weekend’s Courtmacsherry Songs & Stories by the Sea is easily identifiable as one of West Cork’s popular arts weekends.

Next weekend’s Courtmacsherry Songs & Stories by the Sea is easily identifiable as one of West Cork’s popular arts weekends.

08/09/2026

The Regional Patient and Service User Partnership Council is a new forum where patients, service users, carers and HSE staff can work together as one team, to help shape health services across Cork and Kerry.

HSE South West has launched its Regional Patient and Service User Partnership Council, creating a new forum where patients, service users, carers and HSE staff can work together as one team, to help shape health services across Cork and Kerry.The council will advise the regional

08/09/2026

A pensioner living on Innishannon’s main street has told of having to endure as many as 1,200 heavy goods vehicles rumbling past his house in one day.

A pensioner living on Innishannon’s main street has told of having to endure as many as 1,200 heavy goods vehicles rumbling past his house in one day.

08/09/2026

Permission granted for battery storage.

Cork County Council has granted planning permission for a battery energy storage system (BESS) near Timoleague.

Cork County Council has granted planning permission for a battery energy storage system (BESS) near Timoleague, writes Chris Benn.