Kinsale Community School was buzzing with energy and enthusiasm this Wednesday as it hosted its very own COP 26 event, welcoming an incredible 265 primary school students from nine different schools- Minane Bridge, Gaelscoil Chionn tSáile, Scoil Naomh Eltin, Rennies, St. Multose, Belgooly, Summercove, Dunderrow, and Gurraneasig. The day was a vibrant celebration of sustainability, climate action, and global citizenship, brought to life through a wide range of interactive acti

By Tara Maher   The 5th annual Cork International Hotel Community Spirit Awards in association with The Carrigdhoun Newspaper and Gerald McCarthy Giftware in the Cork International Hotel on Friday the 24th of March.  The awards recognise individuals and groups who have dedicated their time to promoting the local community through sports, the arts, sustainability and cultural events. Michael Meaney, Traction Biodiversity Group, Barry Cogan, St. Theresa’s Girl Guides Passage, C

Patrick Kelleher represented Seandún at the 19 th  Annual Mr. Personality Festival which was organised by Kilkenny County Macra. The festival will took place during the 10 th and 11 th  of April. The festival has been kindly sponsored by Kilkenny, Carlow and District Farm Relief Services. Pa is 26 years old. He is an active member of Kinsale Macra and has listed the Carbery Macra Rally and placing 4 th  in the Know Your Ag competition as some of his most memorable Macra mome

Local Enterprise Office South Cork has announced that teenage entrepreneurs from Carrigaline Community School (Carrigaline) and Coláiste Muire Réalt na Mara (Crosshaven) will represent LEO South Cork at this year’s Student Enterprise Programme National Final on Thursday 7th May. The students all took part in the County Final on Thursday 26th March, which was held at Munster Technological University. An estimated 185 students from 15 secondary schools took part in the annual p

(JJ Hurley) Motorists are being warned of likely delays on the R600 between Kinsale  and Cork city  as resurfacing works get underway from Tuesday, April 7th to Friday, April 10th. The work is taking place between Fivemilebridge  and Pewterhole Cross , with the road closed between 8am and 6pm each day. Outside these hours, normal traffic flow will resume. Diversions will be in place at both Fivemilebridge and Pewterhole Cross. While specific arrangements for local traffic hav