By Karen O’ReillyEmployflex What skills do we need for the world we work in now, the world of work that has been completely turned on its head in the last two years and will, hopefully, never look and feel the same again? The internet blew up last week as people […]
There are many monuments commemorating events from the 1919-1923 period dotted along the N22. Midway between Macroom and Ballyvourney you will find two memorials at Carrigaphooca; a Celtic cross commemorating seven Free State soldiers who died in a mine explosion on September 15,1922 stands just feet away from a plaque […]
Sunday, August 28 marked a huge day for Clonakilty Rugby Club. Not only did the club kick off their new season, they also launched an exciting new ‘Electric Car Draw’ competition. This competition will replace the club’s normal Christmas draw, and will run from August to December 2022. There will […]
Finbarr O’Shea QFA Manager, Bantry Credit Union Charlie Weston, Personal Finance Editor with the Irish Independent, phoned me Thursday morning a few weeks ago. He had seen the story in The Southern Star on Bantry Credit Union’s purchase of the Bank of Ireland building right next door to us. Describing […]
The Sherkin Island Haiku group has launched its fourth collection of poetry. ‘Light Between Seasons – a year of Haiku poetry from Sherkin Island’ features edited threads of Haiku and the lively quips of conversations that flowed between group members via WhatsApp during Covid lockdown over a twelve-month period from […]