Columnists - West Cork People

It’s only clothes…or is it?

Louise O'Dwyer October, 2019

In general, fashion is important because it reflects every culture in the world. It was a way to create different social groups and differentiate according to your status (I am not saying that this is a good thing but it is what it is). Our first clothes existed to protect […]

Makeup tips for mature skin

Sherna Malone October, 2019

There are tons of makeup tweaks that can help revive your complexion, give your face a slight lift and have you looking radiant. Here are my ‘turn back time’ makeup tips and remember, the fundamental aim is to draw attention to your best features and minimise the appearance of those […]

A ‘sweet’ soup for Halloween

Karen Austin October, 2019

It’s very cheering amidst the autumn rain to be picking sweetcorn. Luckily we had sunshine, which was very timely as far the corn was concerned, a last little push in the ripening process and now we have an entire crop to consume. Crop being a rather grandiose term for our […]

Power to the people

Fiona Hayes October, 2019

by Fiona Hayes Many of you will have heard by now that American owned RTP Company who are registered as Daly Products in Ireland have, after a two-year battle with Save Our Skibbereen (SOS), withdrawn their application for planning to build a polymer compounding factory on the Baltimore Road in […]

A changing landscape

Tommy Moyles October, 2019

Farming has changed and will keep changing: Consumer, market and social trends all play a part. All you need do is ask any of the older generation in West Cork and they will tell you how the countryside has evolved. In the 1950s and 60s and there would have been […]

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The fastest knife in the West End

Shane Daly October, 2019

“If everything seems under control, you’re not going fast enough.” – Mario Andretti I had an operation three weeks ago that was minor but intrusive. The operation was performed under general anaesthetic. I was given a gown to put on, asked to lie down on the operating table and a […]

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