West Cork farmer Vanessa Kiely O’Connor has always had a passion for nature and wildlife and loves the flexibility that farming allows with family life. “I feel grounded working outdoors,” she explains simply “and I love working with cows.” The mother-of-two, who has built a best in class dairy farm […]
The West Cork People paper will be back in print on July 3. We can’t wait to have our paper with all your news and stories in as many outlets as are open throughout West Cork on that date; we will also be topping up central locations to ensure all […]
The village of Courtmacsherry in West Cork will be out in force (within social distancing guidelines of course) on Friday, May 1 to celebrate the 100th birthday of much-loved resident Margaret Crowley. Due to the current lockdown, most of Margaret’s family are unfortunately unable to be with her this year […]
For a small village, Courtmacsherry has a big heart, as demonstrated by the local response to the current pandemic. Over the past five weeks, volunteers like Sheila Desmond, John Madden and Clemence Holland have mobilised to provide support to members of the community in the Courtmacsherry, Barryroe and Lislevane areas, […]
To all our readers, advertisers and supporters in West Cork I hope you and your families are all ok. These are difficult times for all of us but it is times like this that West Cork’s community spirit is never more apparent. We’ve had to make the difficult decision to […]
Kathleen Kelley Reardon has just published her second crime mystery novel, ‘Damned If She Does’; described by Kirkus Reviews as “informed and searing” and a “page-turning success”. The first book in the trilogy, ‘Shadow Campus’, made the top of Amazon’s Top New Releases and was described by Forbes as a […]