A fundraising table quiz in aid of the Bantry Hospice Project will be held in The Cottage Bar Wednesday next at 8.30 pm.  The event is being organized by West Cork Wheelers cycling group and is being run in conjunction with their upcoming Mizen To Malin Charity Cycle.

The following statement regarding the Dursey Island cable car has been received from Cork County Council. “Further to our email below, Cork County Council now have the necessary approval to proceed with the replacement of the Hauling Cable.   Work will begin tomorrow Monday 10th June 2013 and it should be completed, subject to final [...]

The tunes of the Munster Pipers have echoed down through the ages, an eloquent testimony to the talents and dedication of some exceptional musicians, and a rich source of inspiration to this new generation of pipers.   Now Glengarriff Village in West Cork is to introduce it’s first annual Piping Festival taking place from the [...]

Donald Teskey:  West by Southwest   Featuring new work from the Coomerkane Valley in West Cork   June 20 to July 21, 2013     Arguably one of Ireland’s most respected painters, Donald Teskey presents an exhibition of new paintings, West by Southwest, at the Catherine Hammond Gallery in Glengarriff, Co. Cork.  This large body [...]

Sharon’s Hair Salon Glengarriff, is celebrating 7 years in business on the 10th of June.  To mark this occasion all customers will be entered into a free draw which will take place at the end of the month.  There are numerous prizes to be won. If you’re not in you can’t win…………… The salon is [...]

This is the report from the second round of judging for this years Litter Challenge which took place last week.  As you can see we are still faring extremely badly in the matter of street litter.  Despite the best efforts of the Tidy Towns workers it simply is not getting through to those responsible.  Please [...]

  Backstage-Ireland, nationally recognised for it’s performing arts work with young people over the past fifteen years, has a team of teachers coming to Bantry from 22nd -26th July to work with local youngsters. Backstage Performing Arts Summer Camp will be based at the Maritime Hotel and it is open to 7-14 year olds. The [...]

The latest update regarding the operation of the cable car is not good.  The service has been suspended  as and from today June 6th. until further notice.  Cork County Council apologize for this inconvenience and as soon as further news comes to hand we will post it.

We apologize to all our subscribers for the absence of the newsletter over the last few weeks.  This was due to essential maintainance and upgrading works needed on the site.  Thanks to our technical expert these are pretty well completed now and things will return to normal shortly.  You will receive the newsletter at regular [...]