My bike was enjoying its new deluxe home in Leinster House until it was plastered all over RTÉ News this evening. In all seriousness though it’s not even properly sheltered, so no idea how it cost €335k even if it included other groundworks or the e-car chargers beside it? 1/3

Our very own Star Sports editor Kieran McCarthy got a special shoutout from Jacqui Hurley at the Olympic Homecoming regarding his statement made eight years ago about Skibbereen Rowing's promising rowers at the time. One of those promising rowers, Fintan McCarthy has now gone on to

Inside this week’s The Southern Star, I chat to nine different West Cork locals who are displaying their GAA talents abroad 🌎

Shades of Autumn 🍂 ⁦Port of Cork⁩ ⁦Cork County Council⁩ ⁦Pure Cork⁩ ⁦Fáilte Ireland⁩ ⁦Tourism Ireland⁩ ⁦The Southern Star⁩ ⁦Cork Beo⁩

STOLEN CAMERA GEAR Please RT Grey/green rucksack stolen from Reen pier, near Union Hall at 1700 today. #westcork Items include- Canon 80D camera Canon 70 - 300mm lense Canon 35 -100mm lense GO Pro Hero 12 with orange floaty Zoom H4NPRO hydrophone #Cork #Ireland #Skibbereen

Delighted to reveal the next guest on my #FromAtoSea #swimmingpodcast is the wonderful Dena O'Donovan of O'Donovans Hotel in #Clonakilty. She also talks about how tough times in business are so often tempered by sea swims - out next Monday on the The Southern Star's podcast tab

"Eating the Cats" out now on Spotify & all streaming platforms! Thanks everyone for the incredible response 🙏🏼❤️ All streaming royalties will be going to Clark County SPCA in Springfield Ohio 😻🐶 stream / buy here: onerpm.link/eatingthecats

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Looking forward to these The Irish National Lottery -sponsored awards in #Mullingar this Thursday - wish us luck! Big team from The Southern Star making the trip 'up the country'. This is our biggest haul of shortlisted categories yet!

Caught up with Paul O'Donovan as he picked up another West Cork Sports Star monthly award to chat about winning his local award, the pull of home, the enjoyment factor he still gets and more.

Kate, Marney, Cammy and Jenny would be so appreciative if you ca support BantryBookshop by nominating us as A Post’s Irish Bookshop of the Year. So many great bookshops out there, but we could really do with *your* support at the link! anpost.com/bookshopofthey…

The closing date to enter the The Southern Star West Cork Business & Tourism Awards is just under 4 weeks away (11 October) and are a great way to get free publicity for your business. westcorkbusinessandtourismawards.ie #westcorkbusinessandtourismawards

Check out Siobhan’s podcast here: southernstar.ie/podcasts/from-…

We're at the Local Ireland awards tonight - and are taking home the Best Headline award! Star editor Siobhán Cronin🇺🇦 is celebrating tonight 👏

After a great night at Local Ireland awards, we got a lovely little gift from MC Marty Whelan

Congratulations to the Southern Star.

Had such fun Thursday night Local Ireland awards and met the wonderful Marty Whelan at the gorgeous Mullingar Park Hotel - home yesterday with our haul of 4 awards. Thanks to everyone involved. 😘

🗣️ We are inviting members of the public to have their say on the route corridor options for the proposed Cork to Kinsale Greenway. ✔️ Our next in-person public consultation and will take place in Acton’s Hotel, Kinsale TOMORROW Tuesday the 1st of October 1.00pm - 8.00pm. 📅

My feed is littered today with ads for illegal drugs including cocaine and heroin. Bye bye X. It used to be fun.