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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Results revealed: Great West Cork Farming Survey 2024

The Southern Star’s 2024 survey of West Cork’s farming community offers up a comprehensive and fascinating snapshot o...

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Pat takes the wheel for Kielty’s great great show

Pat O’Sullivan had the task of driving grand marshal Patrick Kielty around the route in his 1934 Rolls Royce Open Tou...

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WOMAN ON THE VERGE: Why are people taking the Good out of Friday?

There’s a very different attitude in some quarters to Good Friday these days. Your columnist likes an Easter egg as m...

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Former agri president to run in local elections

Former president of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Association (ICSA) Dermot Kelleher is to run as a candidate for Indepe...

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WATCH: ‘Tea’ cheers for Lisavaird pupils

Why do we scald the pot when we’re making tea?

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Michael looking forward to hitting the high seas after his retirement

RENOWNED Skibbereen plumbing supply business MJ Walsh is to close later this month after nearly 50 years in operation...

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Baltimore RNLI rescues Dixie who took a ‘wuff’ cliff fall at the Beacon

Dixie the dog had more excitement than she bargained for on her walk in Baltimore on Tuesday morning.

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A little piece of Kerala in the heart of West Cork

The vibrant Kerala community living in West Cork has been in celebration mood, at a special event marking the contrib...

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A little piece of Kerala in the heart of West Cork

The vibrant Kerala community living in West Cork has been in celebration mood, at a special event marking the contrib...

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Emma Connolly: Time for some home (of the year) truths!

Your columnist is madder than a March hare this week, as she vents her frustrations on everything and anything...

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Determined Angela has her sights set on bringing ‘Tommy’ to Paralympics

A woman with strong ties to West Cork has repeatedly got back in the saddle after countless health challenges, and no...

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Walking trail could link Skibbereen with Mizen Head

There is hope that in the future, it will be possible to walk from Skibbereen all the way to the end of the Mizen pen...

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