Much has changed in Leap since 1925 when Timmy Danny O’Donovan opened his shop. Much has stayed the same. Famous for Raleigh bicycles and Decca Records – O’Donovan’s shop was the place to go for the latest Bing Crosby, the forgotten Irish tenor John Feeney, or to just buy some […]
Ahead of World Mental Health Day (October 10) Courtmacsherry dairy farmer Harold Kingston shares his experience of coping with severe burnout, the support he received on his path to recovery and how he has streamlined things on the farm to better manage his time. Harold is well-known around the world […]
How we shop is in some ways connected to how we live. Do we spend our money to benefit far-off places? Or do we spend it so that it circulates in our own community? West Cork People visits Collins Centra in Drimoleague to see how a shop plays a vital […]
Patsy Puttnam speaks to West Cork People about her passion for the environment and trying to save it, her love of West Cork and her sadness at what her country of birth with Brexit is doing to her adopted country. In 1988 Patsy Puttnam got her first glimpse of Skibbereen. […]
The farm: I help out my father on the farm along with my two brothers. We have 40 acres on the home farm and another 20 acres rented in an outside block. We keep 40 autumn calving suckler cows. I also work as an Ag-consultant with Owen O’Driscoll and associates […]
It’s back to school time and with that comes homework and sometimes struggles with homework. Some children are labelled lazy or unable to learn when in fact they may be struggling with a learning difficulty such as dyslexia. With October being European Dyslexia Awareness Month, West Cork People talks to […]