Brookpark Enterprise Centre in Dunmanway has really come into its own this year, providing a professional environment and connectivity to companies and independent workers in a rural area. With office spaces now fully booked by eight tenants, and many more availing of hot desking, conferencing and training facilities, Committee Chairperson […]
Like so many others, Assistant Manager at Bantry Credit Union Siobhán Geoghegan, found herself working from home in Rosscarbery during lockdown. The Dunmanway native’s role covers responsibility for Risk Management, Compliance, AML, Data Protection and Operations. “My function is assurance and operational governance,” she says. “Sounds more boring than it […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
