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Food for thought – reconnecting the farming community with wider society

WCP Staff March, 2026

by Cadhla Ó Conchobhair I recently attended an event at MTU Cork Campus on a shared vision for agriculture and food. The workshop, called ’Strengthening Rural Life: from Farm to Community’, was centred around the role of rural communities at the heart of Ireland’s agricultural future. It brought together policy makers, […]

Time for new heroes in sport and politics

Kieran Doyle March, 2026

What binds all the great philosophers from Aristotle to Peter Singer is a voyage of self-discovery. Despite the many centuries and cultural nuances that separate them, time and time again, a common theme that emerges from so many of them, is to be virtuous and selfless. Aristotle believed that happiness […]

Sea hens and parasites

Dr Jeremy A. Dorman February, 2026

Last month, I mentioned a fish called a lumpsucker; some of you might not know exactly what it is. Cyclopterus lumpus is a strange creature that lives in the cooler waters of the north Atlantic. The Latin name can be translated as ‘lumpy circular wing’; which refers to its knobbly, […]

Trump’s foreign policy is no different to American presidents of old

Kieran Doyle February, 2026

Whatever one’s opinion of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, the world was left open-jawed at the audacity of the move by US military forces to seize the president in one pre-ordained swoop so he could be placed on trial in New York for criminal charges. Maduro by all accounts is a […]

Seán Ó Coileáin (1754-1817) – Part I of a series

Eugene Daly February, 2026

Daniel Corkery refers to ‘Irish’ Ireland in the eighteenth century, that is the country outside of Dublin and the larger towns, as the “hidden Ireland” in his book of the same title. He refers to it as that “dreadful century during which our forefathers were tested as never before. He […]

Legendary jazz in Skibbereen

Moze Jacobs January, 2026

John Philip Murray at Crane Lane. Rhythm is everywhere (if we pay attention). The wind, waves, birdsong, car traffic, a crackling fire, speech. It’s the backbone of popular music. That must be why drummers are the best-known members of any band. But is that really true? “No,” says John Philip […]

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