The Skibbereen Climate Action group met for the first time at the West Cork Hotel on November 20. Organised by Jim O’Donnell and Noel Casserley, the purpose of the meeting was to bring interested people together from across the local community and business to discuss how Skibbereen can become a […]
In 1910, Daniel and Hannah Hurley returned from America and bought the shop at The Pike for the sum of £50 – and so Hurleys at The Pike began. At the same time, a young Michael Collins was in London working for a stockbroker while studying law. His history, that […]
With Christmas approaching, there’s a major push on to let hospital patients spend the holidays at home. The National Winter Plan 2019/2020 will aid this by providing additional supports and measures in order to address the usual winter surge in patients. Despite staff at CUH being worked off their feet […]
Photo : The O’Neill family: Gearoid, Neil, Michael jnr, MJ, Teresa and Michael Snr. “Do onto others as you would wish them to do to you.” More about these words later. On a crisply cold and sunny afternoon, Brendan McCormack takes a short trip up to Fernhill House Hotel to […]
A lifelong activist and campaigner, Jennifer Sleeman is well known in West Cork, most notably for spearheading the campaign that saw Clonakilty becoming Ireland’s first Fairtrade town. Recently turned 90, Jennifer is close to all her offspring, in particular her firstborn Fr Simon, 68, a monk of the Benedictine order […]
Courtmacsherry and the Seven Heads Peninsula are celebrating success in the Islands and Coastal Communities category of the 17th annual IPB Pride of Place Competition in association with Co-operation Ireland. Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Christopher O’Sullivan has congratulated the communities on their win. Boherbue were also awarded […]