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Tit Bonhomme tragedy remembered one year on

January 15, 2013 By Editor Leave a Comment

A candle is lit at the commemorative mass in St. Bridget’s Church, Union Hall for the victims of the Tit Bonhomme by relatives Mohammed Ibrahim, Morad Gharib, survivor Abdul Mohammed, Caitlin Ni aOdha and Margaret Kerwick, with Bishop of Cork Dr John Buckley. Pic: Denis Boyle

by Louise Roseingrave

A SEA tragedy that sparked a 26 day search for five lost fishermen has been remembered in a moving church service in West Cork.

Exactly a year after the Tit Bonhomme fishing trawler hit rocks and foundered in Glandore Harbour, the families of those lost gathered in grief at St Bridget’s Church in Union Hall.

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West Cork IFA 25 years anniversary at the Parkway, Dunmanway

November 13, 2012 By Editor Leave a Comment

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Remembering the Flying Tiger Flight 923

September 21, 2012 By Editor Leave a Comment

Incredibly, 48 people survived the crash.

THE dedication of a memorial plaque to the 50th anniversary of the crash of Flying Tiger Flight 923 off the coast of West Cork will take place at Galley Head lighthouse, this Sunday, September 23^rd at 3.30pm.

Twenty-eight people died when Flying Tiger Lines Flight 923 crashed into the sea en route from New Jersey to Frankfurt during a heavy storm.

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Large turnout in Bandon for Gerry Adams

April 11, 2012 By Editor Leave a Comment

Gerry Adams and Rachel McCarthy

THERE was a large turnout in Bandon on Easter Sunday to hear Gerry Adams TD deliver the oration in St Patrick’s Cemetery on the 96^th anniversary of the 1916 Rising.

More than 400 people were in attendance to listen to the Sinn Fein President and to honour those who fought in the rising at the republican plot in the local graveyard.

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Bandon Garda Station marks 90 years

April 7, 2012 By Editor Leave a Comment

Cork footballer and Garda James Masters with a vintage Garda car and wearing an original 1922 era Uniform and looking on was Bandon Supt Eddie McEoin in the first car ever used by Bandon Gards a Model T Ford and with him was Brendan O'Donovan, Cormac Dineen and Ray Ryan. Pic: Denis Boyle

by Louise Roseingrave

THE FIRST Garda car to arrive in Bandon in 1962, a navy blue Ford Cortina, was among a collection of Garda memorabilia on display at Bandon Garda Station to mark the station’s 90^th anniversary recently.

It was flanked by a 1961 Triumph – “a genuine Garda motorbike” according to Superintendent Eddie MacEoin and a Model T Ford dating from 1922 “the year we were formed.”

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PGi – celebrates 10 years in West Cork

March 20, 2012 By Editor Leave a Comment

Pictured celebrating PGI’s 10th year in business in Clonakilty were Kay Mahony, Mike Palmer, June McCarthy, Dominic Fairtlough, Carol Hilliard and John Stone. Pic: Denis Boyle

PGi (Premiere Global Services), the global leader in cloud-based communications is this year celebrating its tenth anniversary at its European centre of excellence in Clonakilty.

Headquartered in Atlanta (US) and in operation as an organisation since 1992, PGi established its European base at the West Cork Technology Park in 2002.

Since then the company has significantly grown at this site and now boasts 210 locally based employees.

Sophie’s parents attend mass in her memory

February 6, 2012 By Editor Leave a Comment

The du Plantier holiday home. Pic: Niall Duffy / West Cork Photo

GEORGES and Marguerite Bouniol, the parents of murdered film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier, attended a special mass in Goleen on Sunday in memory of their daughter who was killed 15 years ago.

Sophie’s body was discovered close to her holiday home in Toormore in 1996 and despite one of the biggest murder investigations ever mounted in the State, her killer has never been caught.

Sophie parents arrive in West Cork

January 31, 2012 By Editor Leave a Comment

Sophie Toscan du Plantier

THE parents of French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier who was murdered near her holiday home at Toormoore, Schull in 1996 arrived at Cork Airport today (Tues).

Georges and Marguerite Bouniol will attend mass in Goleen this coming Sunday to commemorate the 15^th anniversary of Sophie’s death. [Read more...]

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RTÉ radio show to celebrate the life and music of Seán Ó Riada

October 1, 2011 By Editor Leave a Comment

Seán Ó Riada

THIS month sees the 40th anniversary of Seán Ó Riada’s death, and to mark the anniversary RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta will be broadcasting a new series starting on in October that celebrates his life and work.

Seán Ó Riada 1931-1971 will feature interviews with Seán’s friends throughout the country and will give listeners an insight and an understanding of the gifted musician, composer and scholar.

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