A slender line rises, like the bow of a double bass, up the tall sleek body of an object which, though reminiscent of a musical instrument, otherwise defies description. The material looks like beautifully shaped and polished timber, but it is in fact bronze. This is a sculpture titled ‘Trammelled,’ by […]
This year’s Clonakilty Waterfront Marathon XIII will take place on Saturday, November 25, with a 9am start from Courtmacsherry, and three race distances – a full and half marathon and a 10k distance. With organisers forced to cancel last year’s full marathon due to part of the course being flooded, […]
Although the Irish Civil War ended in May 1923, Republican prisoners remained in jails across the country. To protest against their interment without trial, many IRA prisoners went on hunger strike in the autumn of 1923. Pauline Murphy has researched one of their number, Staff Officer of the IRA Cork No.1 […]
Urru Culinary Store Bandon celebrates 20 years this year. The woman behind Bandon’s beloved food emporium, Ruth Healy, chats to Mary O’Brien about the highlights and challenges in reaching this milestone, her foodie roots and how the combination of a good idea, hard graft, luck and optimism have paid off […]
Domestic violence is the use of physical or emotional force or threat of physical force, including sexual violence, in an intimate relationship. As well as physical violence, domestic violence can also involve: • Emotional abuse • The destruction of property • Controlling behaviour such as isolation from friends, family and […]