After a challenging few years, Fit-Up Festival is back with a full festival in July and August this summer in West Cork. Running from July 14 to August 7 in a selection of venues around West Cork, Blood in the Alley Theatre Company has an excellent offering of five plays […]
Halfway between Schull and Ballydehob, very near to a scenic walking route called The Butter Road, lies a field of over 100 newly planted budding trees that nestle around the newly built home of Amanda Connell, owner of East meets West, an interiors emporium in Schull village that showcases the […]
Conservatories first became widely popular in the 18th Century, when wealthy travellers discovered citrus fruits and needed to create the right environment to grow their own lemons, limes and oranges back in England – conservatories looked more like greenhouses then and were originally known as ‘orangeries’. The Victorians developed the […]
A number of West Cork flower farmers are getting ready to celebrate Irish Flower Week in July. Organised by the Flower Farmers of Ireland group, the week, which runs from July 3-10, is an annual celebration of the quality and variety of Irish cut flowers, plants and foliage. From Flicky […]
To overcome financial pressures created by energy costs, the Wild Atlantic Pool and Fitness Centre in Baltimore will undertake a number of fundraising events over the next few weeks: A fundraising dinner will take place at the Sailing Club with special guest Steve Redmond on July 15 (€50 pp, book […]
Unfortunately many women do dread getting their period. Menstruation will start for most girls at about 12-years-old although it can begin as young as eight, and will naturally return monthly until menopause somewhere between 45-55 years. That is 30-45 years, so it is well worth becoming intimately acquainted with your […]