Paul Healy is the General Manager of the Rubicon Centre, Ireland’s largest enterprise incubator centre, which he has grown since it opened in 2006. With over 25 years’ experience in developing start-ups/scale ups across all technology sectors, Paul has first-hand experience of raising finance, accessing new opportunities, strategy, and company […]
Having deep roots in West Cork will always draw a person back, regardless of how far they have travelled. Áine O’Driscoll spent her earliest years on Whiddy Island before leaving the area with her family when her father passed away in 1982. In 2018 she finally had the opportunity to […]
Growing up in one of West Cork’s most well-known and loved hotels meant that Sandra Maybury was never a stranger to hard work and dedication; attributes inspired by her parents, who bought The Parkway Hotel in Dunmanway the year she was born. Today Sandra is the woman behind Maybury Marketing, […]
Skibbereen-based business TravelMaster was one of 29 impressive business finalists at the National Enterprise Awards 2021 competition. The go-getting event transport company is well on its way to launching the first online platform of its kind that will allow passengers to book a seat at the click of a button […]
As the main base for the famed West Cork Flying Column, the area around Crossbarry was a hotbed of Republican activity in 1921. To deal with this, the British decided to converge on this small village near Innishannon and wipe out the Column. They hadn’t bargained on meeting with the […]
Students of Clonakilty Community College in West Cork are in for a big surprise when they return to school after months of lockdown. Governed by the Cork Education and Training Board (Cork ETB), the West Cork school has recently undergone a state-of-the-art extension, made possible by a significant investment of […]