Columnists - West Cork People

Working towards the ‘wellbeing’ of us and the planet

Grace O'Sullivan December, 2020

In the lead up to Christmas, as we approach the end of what can only be described as a monumentally challenging year, it’s a time to reflect on where we are and to look forward to 2021, with the tentative hopes that it will be an improvement on what has […]

Permaculture Principal 12: ‘Creatively Use and Respond to Change’

Allison Roberts December, 2020

What a year to delve into Permaculture. I have really enjoyed revisiting each of the twelve principals with you this year and thinking how each might offer new perspectives to how I run my life, garden, business, family, home and how we could, collectively, apply the principals to our communal […]

The Christmas Crib

Eugene Daly December, 2020

Christmas joy has always been expressed in music and song, in poetry and art. Not only have the great masters of art depicted Nativity scenes that capture the atmosphere of the most holy of nights, but simple artists and unknown wood carvers have portrayed in the Christmas Crib the great […]

The most wonderful time of the year

Louise O'Dwyer December, 2020

Did I just blink and the merry season is almost upon us? What happened? I do believe that this year ‘time’ is making a complete fool of all of us. One-minute Christmas seemed so far away and the next it is right in front of us. For the first time […]

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Coming in for Christmas

BRÓD December, 2020

By Mark Holland Pronouns are getting interesting, for the previous fifty years of my life they’ve always been there but they never really caught my attention, now they have. Sure, we were taught about them in school, and it’s no one else’s fault that I didn’t pay attention, or that […]

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Tips for a healthy Christmas

Hannah Dare December, 2020

What a year we have all had! I’m finding it a relief to have something celebratory to plan for, so Christmas couldn’t have come at a better time for me. I’m loving the Christmas lights in Bantry, planning our Christmas Day feast and I’m even looking forward to the Christmas […]

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