End of an era as McNamara’s set to close in Castlelyons
In ever changing times for villages and small shops everywhere, the news this week of the imminent closure of McNamara's in Castlelyons has been greeted...
Learning lessons for life in Adair Primary School
Open evenings are a great opportuntity to find out more about a chosen school and last week, it was the turn of Adair NS to...
Happy children the secret to Butterflies’ success story
Things are going well for everyone associated with Butterflies Community Playgroup in Ballyduff, and on Sunday last, they held their annual open day
Encouragingly for all...
Michael living life to the full
A Mitchelstown man is living life to the full, five years after a kidney transplant operation.
Michael Kiely has his life back and is...
Out and About on St Patrick’s Day
Key to the success of every St Patrick's Day parade is participation and there were was a fantastic turnout in parades around The Avondhu area...
Past pupil Thomas Kent honoured in Kilmagner NS
Kilmagner National School have honoured past pupil Thomas Kent by renaming their general purpose room in remembrance of the Irish martyr.
Thomas attended school...
Ned Barry Cup review – WW/EC Soccer League
Sunday last saw the two concluding games in the 1st round of the Ned Barry Cup take place, with Pinewood and Clashmore joining Cappoquin...
Record 19 Irish-trained winners at Cheltenham
Irish trainers dominated at the Cheltenham Festival last week and ended the four days with a record 19 winners, comfortably bettering last year’s previous best...
Secondary students display great entrepreneurial talent
Over 250 students from second level schools all over North Cork took part in the final of the Student Enterprise Programme, run by the...
Exciting new world opens up for Gaelscoil pupils
Given that pupils at Gaelscoil de hIde in Fermoy achieved considerable success during their tenure in the old vocational school building, there's no telling...