The Southern Star

The Southern Star is a weekly newspaper that serves the region of Skibbereen in County Cork, Ireland. It was founded in 1889 by siblings Florence and John O'Sullivan under the name Cork County Southern Star.

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Beara football team withdraws from county championship | The Southern Star

3 days ago | southernstar.ie | Kieran McCarthy

BEARA have pulled out of the county premier senior football championship colleges/division section due to a lack of available players. They were due to meet Duhallow in Ballingeary this Thursday night, but Beara confirmed this Wednesday afternoon that they have withdrawn from the competition. The Southern Star understands that Beara had only 14 players available for their opener.
€80,000 required for Baltimore Wild Atlantic Pool jacuzzi | The Southern Star

3 days ago | southernstar.ie | Jackie Keogh

VOLUNTEERS who are the mainstay of Ireland’s only community run swimming pool are delighted to have received grant support for a number of new initiatives. The Wild Atlantic Pool and Fitness Centre in Baltimore has secured funding to enhance some of its facilities, but it is also seeking community support to cover the cost of replacing an important piece of equipment, its jacuzzi.
Fishing representatives meet with EU Commissioner Kadís in Castletownbere | The Southern Star

4 days ago | southernstar.ie | Jackie Keogh

FISHING industry representatives in West Cork told the EU Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans, Costas Kadís that Ireland’s burden sharing needs to be addressed in the review of the Common Fisheries Policy. The Commissioner was in Castletownbere on Friday to meet with industry representatives on European Maritime Day 2025. The aim of the event was to bring together industry leaders, policy makers, scientists, and members of the general public.
Skibbereen teen wades in as arts ambassador | The Southern Star

4 days ago | southernstar.ie | Jackie Keogh

A 15-YEAR-OLD girl from Skibbereen has been appointed as an arts ambassador following her winning entry in the This is Art competition. Isabelle Prime won the overall prize in her category at the end of 2024 for her large acrylic work, ‘Wader’, but it was only recently that she was invited to be an arts ambassador for the competition, and to be involved in this year’s Cruinniú na nÓg events on Saturday June 7th.
‘There’s something for everyone’ | The Southern Star

5 days ago | southernstar.ie | Emma Connolly

This week our columnist ruminates on doing exams, the ‘Leaving Cert holiday’ and yes, more potatoesIT’S been a week of school graduations, award ceremonies and end-of-year masses, meaning everyone – parents, students, teachers – are emotional wrecks. And the state exams haven’t even started yet. I really feel for the students, there’s no denying that it’s a very demanding time, physically and mentally.
Wildlife Rescue Cork comes to aid of both a fox cub and a stoat | The Southern Star

5 days ago | southernstar.ie | Jackie Keogh

AN attempt by volunteer members of Wildlife Rescue Cork to save the life of a fox cub found in Schull proved unsuccessful on Tuesday. The cub was just a few weeks old when it was found in Balteen, near Schull. The person who found it lost no time in contacting Wildlife Rescue Cork who, through its WhatsApp volunteer network, made a request for someone to arrange to have the cub delivered to the organisation’s base in Whitechurch, near Blarney.
Cars stolen across West Cork area | The Southern Star

5 days ago | southernstar.ie | Kieran O'Mahony

GARDAÍ are reminding the public to secure all property including their homes and cars following the theft of two cars in West Cork earlier this week. The first theft occurred in the early hours of Tuesday morning when a grey Ford Focus was stolen in Crossbarry. This car was later recovered by gardaí in Clonakilty while a black Ford Focus with the registration 152KY 1602 was then stolen from an estate in the town a few hours later.
Foxhunting to the fore as West Cork TD opposes Dáil Bill | The Southern Star

5 days ago | southernstar.ie | Jackie Keogh

WITH an estimated 150,000 to 200,000 foxes in Ireland before the breeding season, West Cork TD Michael Collins believes they are a species that needs to be controlled. However, his stance has been criticised for being undemocratic by local Social Democrat councillor, Isobel Towse, who said that Deputy Collins’ actions were an attempt ‘to stop debate on the topic altogether’.
Actors and ancestry at Fastnet Festival | The Southern Star

5 days ago | southernstar.ie | Jackie Keogh

WEST Cork connections to the Hollywood acting legend Bill Pullman are to be explored over the next four weeks as he continues to shoot a new movie in the area. On stage, on Sunday, at the Schull Harbour Hotel as part of this year’s Fastnet Film Festival, the actor introduced Julie Pullman who travelled from the UK to meet her long-lost relative. Despite having exchanged emails, it was their first time meeting face-to-face and they posed happily together for The Southern Star.
National win for Barryroe National School students | The Southern Star

5 days ago | southernstar.ie | Martin Walsh

There were joyous scenes and great celebrations at Barryroe National School yesterday, with the announcement that a group of its third class pupils had scooped the 2025 STEPS Young Engineers Award, beating some six hundred other schools to take the prestigious accolade. Their prizewinning project was about saving lives at sea, coinciding nicely with the 200th anniversary of the first lifeboat in Courtmacsherry, which also falls this year.