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Their time will come

WCP Staff December, 2021

The Clonakilty Footballers have had a season to remember in the Cork Premier Senior Football Championship despite eventually losing to seasoned side St Finbarr’s in the Final. A young Clon side, managed by 2009 winning manager Haulie O’Neill, performed with heart and desire in Pairc Ui Chaoimh, losing by just […]

Help ‘Make Christmas Special’ for the children at Clonakilty Lodge Direct Provision Centre

WCP Staff December, 2021

In Clonakilty Lodge Direct Provision Centre, like everywhere else, 35 or so families are starting to think about Christmas. In homework club, the children are busy ticking off the days until the holidays on their calendar and are looking forward to making decorations with new Homework Club Facilitator, Sally Ann […]

Christmas in NYC

WCP Staff December, 2021

“The holidays are upon us, Thanksgiving and Christmas. I have a lot to be thankful for this year,” says Clonakilty native Julie O’Brien. “As I look at my beautiful upside-down Christmas tree, back where it belongs on the ceiling of The Junction, my bar, my home away from home, in […]

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Ballinhassig and the final attack

WCP Staff December, 2021

During the War of Independence, the last IRA attack on an RIC barracks in Ireland occurred in Ballinhassig on the morning of July 7, 1921. In the attack, the Ballinhassig IRA company launched a gun attack on the barracks, which resulted in the death of one RIC constable and the […]

A helping hand in a time of ‘Impossible Choices’

WCP Staff December, 2021

The Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) Annual Appeal launched in November will be one of the most difficult in the Society’s 177-year history: According to the Society, calls for help this year will be at their highest level ever and could reach almost 200,000 by the end of […]

Dear Santa please bring a house

WCP Staff December, 2021

An annual challenge for the staff of Edel House, Cork’s emergency shelter for women and children, is to make sure that all the children in the shelter have a merry and memorable Christmas. One major improvement on all previous Christmases in Edel House is the impressive new building the service […]

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