Weldon Hotel News Today

A BALLYDEHOB-based man has highlighted the vital role played by the Irish Heart Foundation in his recovery from a stroke.In May 2022, Arthur Little (53) was woken in bed at 1am by his wife Lydia.She thought he was having a nightmare, but soon she and their daughter Róisín real

RENOWNED Skibbereen plumbing supply business MJ Walsh is to close later this month after nearly 50 years in operation.Owner Michael Walsh made what he said was ‘the difficult decision’ and will turn the key in the door for the last time over the coming weeks.‘I’m 70 years

Does anyone out there have a link to Eircom ad featuring Joe Boland in Connemara?

BY MARY McCARTHYSPRING is a new beginning. And for the first time, Skibbereen Trad Fest is happening over the St Brigid’s bank holiday weekend.The festival It takes place in all five pubs of the town and The Eldon Hotel from February 2nd to 4th, according to William O’Brien o

2023 HAS been another incredibly busy year in West Cork, with plenty of highs and lows experienced across the community and all of it reported on in the pages of this newspaper.Jackie Keogh, Kieran O’Mahony, Martin Claffey and Siobhán Cronin have compiled a news review of the

BY PAULINE MURPHYA photo-postcard of Michael Collins leaving Skibbereen's Eldon Hotel just hours before his death on August 22nd 1922 sold for double its estimated hammer price of €600 when a purchaser spent €1,200 on it at auction last weekend.The photo, one of the last take

BY PAULINE MURPHYA POSTCARD of a famous photo of Michael Collins leaving the Eldon Hotel in Skibbereen just hours before his death is one of several interesting items connected to the famous Clonakilty man which are being auctioned this month.A number of Michael Collins-related i

IT'S a wet and windy one out there today, with the forecast for the weekend not looking much better.However, there's still plenty to do across West Cork this weekend, with plenty of events taking place indoors away from the stormy weather.Here are five things to do in West Cork t

EDITOR – Last Saturday’s Irish Times published an article describing, in poignant detail, the lonely funeral of a Ukrainian man in Skibbereen who died suddenly at the start of January. The ceremony was attended only by the undertakers, the gravediggers and the priest.Nobody I

The son of a Holocaust survivor has criticized the sale of Nazi memorabilia at an upcoming auction in Ireland.