The rower is swapping his paddle for pans and the saucy one-liners for a tartar sauce.

Fun day on the Blackwater expected 

THERE was plenty of festive spirit in Skibbereen this evening as Olympic heroes Fintan McCarthy and Emily Hegarty along with a local primary school student Keela Hourihane officially switched on the Christmas lights.

A West Cork man recently completed 1,000 kilometres on a rowing machine during the month of May to raise money for Cancer Connect and Galley Flash Rowing Club.The gruelling rowing fundraiser took Clonakilty man Paul Deasy a total of 93.5 hours to ...