The Carrigaline Court Hotel has announced the RNLI as it’s new hotel charity partner. The decision to support the charity comes on the back of an internal consultation with the hotel's 140 employees who were requested to suggest nominations for the partnership. The RNLI volunteer lifeboat crews provide a 24-hour rescue service in helping save lives at sea, with 238 lifeboat stations around the coasts of Ireland and the UK, including at Crosshaven, just a short drive from the

Carrigaline 2-2-12 Ballymartle 1-8 JJ Hurley Eoin Deasy Ballymartle and Tomas Vaughan Carrigaline in a tustle for the ball at the Procure.ie SE Junior A Football Championship clash at Minane Bridge Friday night (Bernard Laverty) Carrigaline produced a ruthless second‑half surge to overpower Ballymartle in the Procure.ie South East Junior A Football Championship at Minane Bridge on Friday night, overturning what had briefly looked like a potential upset. Ballymartle

Belgooly Summer Festival 2026 will bring a packed programme of family entertainment, sport, music and community events to the village this August. The Belgooly Summer Festival is set to take place from August 13th to 16th, 2026, with a wide range of activities planned throughout the festival. Events will take place across Belgooly, with the Belgooly GAA Grounds hosting many of the main attractions. The festival programme gets underway with a Vintage Car Run at 2pm on Sunday 9

(JJ Hurley) Ballygarvan's Izzy O'Regan seen here on the left, lines out for Cork in the Senior Camogie All-Ireland at 4.15pm on Sunday September 9th, (Credit Delores Kidney) Ballygarvan’s Izzy O’Regan steps out on Croke Park tomorrow as the Cork Senior Camogie side seeks to bring back the O'Duffy Cup to Leeside. Looking to avenge last year’s defeat against a Galway side who are also looking to complete a football and camogie double, the Rebelettes can expect a titanic strugg

By Barry Cogan Holy Bees A swarm of bees landed high up in the front of our church here in Carrigaline. They normally move on but they seemed to like our sacred space for some reason. They started building comb and setting up home. They had no intention of moving on. They became known as the ‘Holy Bees’! Fr.James, our local priest who has been a beekeeper for many years, hired a cherry picker and was able to get up close to them. He slowly transferred them into a new bee bo