The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has, this afternoon, given the all-clear over safety concerns surrounding the Oxford/ AstraZeneca vaccination. In recent days a number of countries had withdrawn the vaccine following reports by the Norwegian Medicines Agency of blod clots in a number of patients. Ireland South Green Party MEP […]
Cork South West Deputy Christopher O’Sullivan will meet with Education Minister Norma Foley in the coming weeks to discuss the implementation of sustained, individual and intensive emotional counselling and therapeutic supports in primary and secondary schools. Deputy O’Sullivan will meet minister Foley along with Minister of State for Mental Health […]
Mags Riordan of Bumblebee Farm is guiding us through the planning, planting and caring of a bed for cut flowers. By the time summer arrives the bed should boast an abundance of pollinator-friendly flowers ready for cutting and enjoying. This month she focuses on seed sowing. Most seeds are easy […]
Moze Jacobs and Alice Glendinning remind us this month that Doughnut Economics is a work-in-progress. Conceived as the brainchild of UK economist Kate Raworth, it is very much at an experimental stage. It is working to find an economic way forward that helps communities thrive, minimises waste, and goes some […]
Mosses and liverworts – bryophytes – offer a wonderful miniature world to be discovered on the doorstep. West Cork is one of the best places in the world to see them, and the only kit needed is a mobile phone camera or a hand lens. A well-written book can provide […]
At this time of year buzzards are ready to set up their nesting territories. Listen out for their cat-like mewing call says Nicholas Mitchell Birdwatch Ireland West Cork. You may see a pair circle and soar over a suitable patch of woodland, or male buzzards putting on an aerobatic display […]