Susan Collins Duggan believes in educating in a fun, friendly, creative and safe environment, where students are encouraged to express themselves. Her successful business Theatre Tricks Drama and Communications not only gives students self-confidence, self-esteem and employability skills but will benefit them throughout their lives. “I aim to give each […]
Bandon native Claire Lehane is the determined entrepreneur behind CL HR Consultancy. Through a combination of hard work and persistence, the HR Consultant and Workplace Mediator has built up a successful business providing tailored, solution-based services helping businesses meet their HR legal responsibilities. CL HR Consultancy is currently renovating a new […]
Kelly Mellerick, one of the volunteers who helps run the My Lovely Horse Rescue (MLHR) Cork centre, talks to West Cork People about why the charity is calling for a ban on animal tethering. Based in Cobh, on the family farm of Jeannette O’Connell, My Lovely Horse Rescue centre is […]
Diana Duff’s incredible memoir ‘Leaves from the Fig Tree’ covers the world of Anglo-Irish gentry: life in colonial Kenya, Tanganyika, and life at the height of Apartheid in South Africa. In Ireland, Diana – the granddaughter of the Lord of the Manor at Annes Grove – grew up in a […]
In March Ballinspittle resident Roos Demol shared the Cork Person of the Month Award with Breda Keane Shortt for their efforts in supporting migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and those in direct provision in Cork. The Flemish human rights activist, who has created several integration initiatives within the Irish community, as […]
With Ireland’s nitrates derogation giving farmers the opportunity to farm at higher stocking rates (above 170 kg livestock manure nitrogen/ha up to 250 nitrogen/ha) once they take extra steps to protect the environment, it’s all about improving environmental imprint for farmers such as Ballinascarthy’s Vivian Buttimer. With ‘nitrates’ the key […]