The Southern Star

2 days ago | southernstar.ie | Marian Roche

Planning permission granted for 19 houses at Glanduff in Kilbrittain has been upheld by An Bord Pleanála, after the plans were originally granted by Cork County Council last December to Peppard Investments Limited. The site is near the sports ground, tennis court, and community hall, and next to the Meadowview and Castleview housing estates.

4 days ago | southernstar.ie | Emma Connolly

Emma is ready for eight glorious weeks, with her flask and the bumper Things to See and Do.THE school holidays have arrived, and to say we’re ready for them is an understatement. There’s always something so incredibly exhilarating about the half-day you get when the holidays begin, when spirits are sky-high as you look ahead to eight glorious weeks ‘off’, from making school lunches at least, and when everything and anything seems possible.

1 week ago | southernstar.ie | Jackie Keogh

The mycelia are alive with the sound of music, says West Cork man Michael Prime, a sound artist who has collaborated with plants and fungi for over 20 years. Michael, who is also the director of Comillane Gardens and The Fernery in Skibbereen, has the distinction of being the only artist in this field who amplifies the bioelectric voltages produced by the plants and fungi themselves, rather than just injecting a signal through them.

1 week ago | southernstar.ie | Sylvia Pownall

WEST CORK beaches are set for a bumper weekend with the hot spell expected to last until Sunday, according to Met Eireann’s latest forecast. Most of the country has been baking in unusually warm weather over the past few days, and temperatures are expected to climb as high as 29C in some parts later today [FRI]. Munster will also be bathed in sunshine, but at a slightly more tolerable highs of 24C, Met Eireann meteorologists predicted.

1 week ago | southernstar.ie | Jackie Keogh

A 40th anniversary memorial of the Air India Disaster will take place in Ahakista at 8am on Monday, June 23rd. The annual service is organised by Cork County Council, and the local community, on behalf of the families of those who lost their lives in the tragic incident. On June 23rd 1985, Air India Flight 182 exploded off the south coast of Ireland killing everyone on board.