Emma Connolly Deputy Editor
  • Cork
  • The Southern Star

Emma is deputy editor of The Southern Star. Emma has been working as Life & Community editor in recent years, having come to The Southern Star from the Evening Echo in Cork city, part of the Irish Examiner stable, where she was news editor.

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477 Articles
almost 2 years ago
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US duo happy with ‘ambush’ for proposal at Gougane | The Southern Star

A MACROOM photographer literally ‘ambushed’ a couple to get the perfect picture – and they were thrilled with her eff...

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House of the Week: Adventure awaits in terraced Courtmac gem for €400k | The Southern Star

COURTMACSHERRY village is a popular route for walkers in West Cork.Large numbers start out in Timoleague and make the...

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WOMAN ON THE VERGE: School’s out for summer – pray for me | The Southern Star

Sun, sea, sand and ... stress! I might be remembering childhood summers through rose-tinted glasses, but I’m lowering...

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Swimmers ‘would have been in danger’ if caught in freak tides | The Southern Star

IF smaller boats or swimmers had been caught up in the freak tides and raging waters that hit the West Cork coast on ...

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Mayor may opt to run for the Dáil | The Southern Star

OUTGOING county mayor Cllr Gillian Coughlan has serious ambitions to be a Fianna Fáil TD for Cork South West.The Band...

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Average Irish dairy farmer had income of €97k in 2021 | The Southern Star

THE income on an average dairy farm in 2021 was €97,350, up 23% or €18,300 on 2020.That’s according to the just-relea...

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Tears of joy as vintage tractors make it to Malin and raise €81k | The Southern Star

AFTER being twice postponed by the pandemic, a convoy of 17 tractors was revving to hit the road from Mizen to Malin ...

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House of the Week: Stylish Goleen three-bed with own seawater pool for €750,000 | The Southern Star

Soak up the views in house with own seawater poolHAVING your own seawater pool at the end of the garden would be quit...

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South west records high numbers of whales and sharks | The Southern Star

THE stretch of coastline from the Beara peninsula to Cork harbour has been identified as an area home to critically-e...

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WOMAN ON THE VERGE: Take a moment to celebrate our dads | The Southern Star

Dads can always be relied on to dole out the best advice – even if we rarely listen to them. I definitely paid the pr...

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Gougane turbines ‘three times as high’ as Elysian | The Southern Star

THE Gougane Barra group which is taking a legal challenge against a controversial windfarm planned for the area has r...

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Ludgate helps women find their spark | The Southern Star

Skibbereen’s Ludgate Hub has just launched its first Reignite Programme. It’s a free course, designed to help rural w...

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