Leave No Plastic Trace, a series of talks, poetry readings and video presentations, will take place on Cape Clear Island on August 6, Heir Island on August 8, and Sherkin Island on August 11.

One is a cancer survivor, another did the course as her mother’s dying wish... we talk to people enrolled in Sherkin Island’s unique arts degree programme as they showcase their work

Judge McNulty observed from the charge sheets in court that the charges related to offences alleged to have taken place in three locations — Dublin, Cork City and Bantry.

Art students co-operated with islanders on Sherkin to stage an exhibition, reveals COLETTE SHERIDAN, and a flavour of it can now be seen in Skibbereen