WCP Staff - West Cork People

Environment

Holly Cairns TD and Councillor Paul Hayes seek clarification on disgraceful situation for Shannonvale residents

WCP Staff September, 2020

Holly Cairns, Cork South West TD, and Councillor Paul Hayes, Skibbereen – West Cork Electoral Area, are seeking clarification on the situation of an overflowing septic tank in Shannonvale, Clonakilty. Documents acquired from Irish Water under Freedom of Information shows that there is disagreement over the cost of a solution. […]

Culture

Join ‘Trad Success’ to learn to play an instrument from home

WCP Staff September, 2020

Two brothers from Cork are on a mission to revolutionise the learning of Irish Traditional Music so that anyone can learn to play from the comfort of their own home, at their own speed and to their own schedule. Eugene and Hugh (also known as the Walsh brothers) are both […]

Baltimore-buit wooden sail cargo vessel offers an eco-friendly sustainable alternative

WCP Staff September, 2020

Ireland’s only surviving wooden sail cargo vessel revived a tradition lost a century ago when it embarked on a symbolic series of sustainable wind-powered supply trips to islands on the south and west coasts last month. The Ilen, which was built in Baltimore in West Cork in 1926, is Ireland’s […]

History & Folklore

How a Scot accidentally discovered his West Cork heritage

WCP Staff September, 2020

I knew very little about West Cork, or my links to it, until I was an adult. My dad had mentioned our family coming from there but didn’t say much more than that. Instead, my personal relationship with West Cork started by accident, in the summer of 1988 on holiday […]

Health & Lifestyle

Emotional eating

WCP Staff August, 2020

By Amanda Roe, Trauma Therapist & Mind Coach Have you ever reached for a bar of chocolate when you are having a stressful day at work? Or perhaps you have found yourself craving a large bag of crisps while cramming for an exam? Emotionally-led eating is a complex issue driven […]

Culture

Sharp talent

WCP Staff August, 2020

Seventeen-year-old Luka Scannell is already sure of the path he wants to follow in life. The Schull Community College student, who has set up his studio in an old shipping container at the family home in Colla, west of Schull, is remarkably a highly skilled knifemaker and budding blacksmith. He […]

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