Columnists - West Cork People

A courgette crowd-pleaser

Karen Austin July, 2023

This month’s recipe is sent from Kytheria, the mythological birthplace of Aphrodite the goddess of love. There are no guarantees of magical powers if you make this dish but the recipe will use up your courgette glut if you have one. Kytheria sits at the bottom of the Peloponnese surrounded […]

Fertility series: Weight loss when trying to conceive

WCP Staff July, 2023

Many women are told that they need to lose weight to optimise their chances of conceiving, which can add an additional layer of stress to an already emotional situation. There are so many weight loss methods to choose from but, for women who are trying to conceive, the conventional approaches […]

Loss is loss

WCP Staff July, 2023

To the woman undergoing routine scans for a dormant brain tumour. The mother, her child in hospital with undeclared illness. I see you. To the daughter witnessing a parent’s decline since admission to the care home. The 32-year-old who believes self killing could be the answer. I hear you. To […]

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Looking to the past for the future of farming

Tommy Moyles July, 2023

It has been pouring down while I write this but the past month has been unusual, not so much because it’s been dry, but because it was so dry so early. The last few summers have had dry spells, so I’ve become accustomed to dealing with that but they’ve usually […]

Nature restoration in West Cork

Grace O'Sullivan July, 2023

What better place to showcase the importance of protecting and restoring Ireland’s nature than the West Cork coast? And what better time than in the middle of June with the sun splitting the stones? As the EU is proposing a landmark Nature Restoration Law, which would hold EU countries to […]

The fisher king

WCP Staff July, 2023

This month, Branch Committee Member and local National Parks and Wildlife Service Conservation Ranger Dave Rees writes about the Osprey, Pandion haliaetus. As we head into the late summer months of July and August, if you’re near any of our beaches and estuaries, keep an eye out for the magnificent […]

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