Committee Member Andrea Reichstein grew up in northern Germany where the White Stork (Ciconia Ciconia) is celebrated as a very special bird. Whilst they don’t breed in Ireland, they do occasionally show up here in small numbers she writes. According to folklore storks brought babies to households in a basket […]
Veronica Daly is the Proprietary Director of Moneytree Finance, which she runs with her husband Con. With over 20 years’ experience as a mortgage broker, Veronica runs the mortgage department of the company. Not for the first time in recent years, the price of renting in Ireland is in the […]
Offering the best of professional dramatic performance, this year’s Fit-Up Theatre Festival runs from July 8 to August 3, in towns, villages and islands all over West Cork. With a nod to the tradition of Fit-Up theatre of the 1950s, the West Cork Fit-Up Theatre Festival has been providing rural […]
The increasingly popular Skibbereen Arts Festival returns this summer (July 25-August 3) with an incredible programme of world-class local, national and international acts. A major coup for the festival this year is the debut West Cork appearance by the legendary English musician Richard Thompson, described by the LA Times as “the […]
Pelvic floor dysfunction, including urinary incontinence, prolapse, and chronic pelvic pain, affects millions of women – often silently. It can lead to reduced mobility, a loss of confidence, sexual dysfunction, and the need to stay close to home for fear of accidents. While conventional medicine offers treatments like kegels, pessaries, […]
This week was my husband’s birthday and, to my delight, I was convinced I’d found the ultimate sentiment for this occasion. The greeting is an image of two doves in a flowering tree with an endless galaxy in the background. The message read “There’s no one I’d rather spend the […]