In 1972, British paratroopers stationed in Northern Ireland, opened fired on the Civil Rights marchers, murdering 14 civilians. Images of carnage that occurred that day in Derry on January 30, ‘72, were flashed around world, highlighting the apartheid system that existed in the north. Not only that, it was a […]
Month: April 2019
Yousuf Janab Ali, Chairman of Clonakilty’s Islamic Cultural Centre of West Cork, recently travelled for the second time to his native country Bangladesh to volunteer at one of the Rohingya camps. Bangladesh is now sheltering more than a million Myanmar refugees in camps, some 700,000 of whom have poured over […]
Photo above : Mary Sullivan, Uillinn Artist in Residence By Ann Davoren, Director Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre Continuing until 10 April at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre are ‘The Hawk and the House’ by Anne Ffrench and Julia Pallone and ‘Light Keepers’ by Geraldine O’Sullivan, two exciting exhibitions by […]
Couples planning their wedding can now step into the future thanks to The Maritime Hotel in Bantry. The progressive West Cork hotel has introduced a new virtual reality tour, which takes users on an animated show-around of the hotel on a wedding day, from the red-carpet arrival reception right through […]