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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467 Articles
2 months ago
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Catherine launches fundraiser to keep Billy the cat alive

A MACROOM woman has resorted to launching a GoFundMe appeal to try and pay the vets’ fees for her beloved cat.Catheri...

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3 months ago
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‘A window of opportunity’ for Sensational Kids

A subsidised therapy service based in West Cork is helping Irish children get the educational and psychological suppo...

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3 months ago
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Bantry farmer used heritage scheme to help bring old building back to life

A farm building that dates back to at least the 1850s has been restored to its former glory by a Bantry-based farmer.

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3 months ago
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WOMAN ON THE VERGE: Is it just me or is everyone feeling the price pinch?

A trip to the salon left our columnist in a panic when her bank account was maxed out and left her counting the costs...

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3 months ago
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Timoleague’s garden a blooming brilliant success

When a small patch of land was left idle after the construction of a sewerage scheme, few thought it would become the...

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3 months ago
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Mysterious and widespread death of trees is ‘changing the local landscape’

A WEST Cork tree surgeon who has worked in the industry for thirty years says the pattern of disease he is seeing now...

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3 months ago
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Broken phone gave me right dose of technophobia!

A beauty appointment went awry for our columnist when her phone finally broke beyond repair ...

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3 months ago
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New TV series explores O’Sullivan family’s West Cork connections

The story of Daniel O’Sullivan is explored by his grandson Seán in a new TG4 series on Irish heritage called Sloinne.

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3 months ago
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Falklands proudly proclaims its West Cork links

A SKIBBEREEN-based woman who is currently working in the Falklands has discovered a number of links with her native W...

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3 months ago
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Happiest talking rain, hail or shine!

Talking about the weather is a national obsession, and there was plenty of conversation starters with storms across t...

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3 months ago
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Dursey Boat Trips – the West Cork Wild Atlantic Way Tourism Business for 2023

There was an opportunity to bring more visitors to the Beara Peninsula saw Paul O’Shea launch his business, Dursey Bo...

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3 months ago
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A tsunami of closures on the way, say local restauranteurs

A campaign has been launched by a local restaurateur, calling on government to revert to the lower 9% vat rate for th...

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