Every year International Dawn Chorus Day celebrates the natural wonder of birdsong and in particular the dawn chorus, a phenomenon that takes place every morning during the breeding season and starts even before the sun rises writes Branch member Nicholas Mitchell. This year it is on Sunday, May 3 and […]
For your typical first-time buyer, receiving a mortgage Approval in Principle (AIP) from a bank is usually a major milestone. Getting to this point might have required a few arduous weeks of meeting with a bank or broker, gathering numerous documents, signing an array of forms, and answering questions about […]
by Naomi Fein I know that feeling. You’re talking about something you care deeply about – something you’ve built, something that matters – and you can feel the other person closing off. Their eyes shift. Their shoulders soften in a way that isn’t quite listening anymore. Your story never connected with […]
Gerard Shannon, author of ‘Rory O’Connor: To Defend the Republic’, writes on the connection between Dick Barrett and the subject of his new book, Rory O’Connor The public memory of the Irish republican and revolutionary Dick Barrett looms large over Cork, especially the west of the county, during the revolutionary […]
Kinsale is preparing to mark a historic milestone on Saturday, May 23, as the community gathers at the Kinsale Campus for ‘A Thriving Future’, a mini-festival celebrating the 21st birthday of Transition Town Kinsale. While now a global phenomenon with thousands of initiatives worldwide, the Transition movement traces its roots […]