Bank of Ireland has unveiled a suite of green loans and interest rates to encourage and reward home owners and businesses to be more energy efficient. The new initiatives include a green interest rate discount for borrowers buying or building energy-efficient homes, and a green home improvement loan for energy-efficiency […]
Cork-based production company Wombat Media will be launching an innovative virtual reality documentary set on Cape Clear Island this August Bank Holiday Weekend, as part of the Skibbereen Arts Festival. Wombat Media is a video production studio specialising in factual and narrative film and screen content. Made up of Ciara […]
In 2017, Caroline Costello from Cork developed secondary lymphoedema as a result of cancer treatment. Six months ago, Caroline paid for a surgery in the UK called lymphaticovenular anastomosis (LVA), an effective treatment for early lymphoedema, which isn’t available in Ireland. A long-term chronic condition that causes massive swelling in the […]
Fiona Hayes reports The Save Bantry Bay Kelp Campaign and Save Our Skibbereen (SOS) Campaign groups are celebrating success in the High Court in Dublin this week. On Monday, Justice Deirdre Murphy ruled that the court had no jurisdiction to Judicially Review the Licence granted to BioAtlantis to mechanically harvest […]