Two-time world champion and passionate coach, Tony Stephenson, chats to Niamh Coughlan about his 20-year journey with the West Cork Kickboxing Club, sharing how “it’s not all about the medals”. Born in Manchester but raised in Bantry, Tony Stephenson’s early years were marked by a wide range of physical pursuits. […]
And so here we are. It’s May. (“Tra la! It’s May!” sang Guinivere in the musical Camelot. The lusty month of May!) In the over thirty years that I’ve lived in West Cork, the month of May has always been pretty good. Sometimes it’s been spectacular. This time of the […]
This month West Cork Branch committee members Fiona O’Neill and Damaris Lysaght share their ‘best bird experiences’. Fiona’s best experience in Ireland was In the winter of 2017/18. “During the autumn of 2017, small groups of Starlings began to meet up over farmland near Timoleague, before roosting for the night […]
In the second part of his article on the efficiency of design, Ruairi Kay focuses in on the gold standard for low energy building, Passivhaus. Passivhaus, or Passive House in English is a standard for low energy building that originated in Germany but is now recognised worldwide. The standard rewards […]
Now summer is nearly here, those of us whose powers of observation haven’t been extinguished by technology will notice many more insects around. For most people, unfortunately, insects are nasty creepy-crawlies that sting, bite or buzz, and must therefore be swatted. But insects, as well as being the most numerous […]
This month the ‘Save Murragh Action Group’, a community group opposed to a sand and gravel quarry planned adjacent to the Bandon River, in Murragh, Enniskeane, looks at its local archaeology. It is interesting to consider who might have been the first peoples to inhabit this area and avail of […]