Following the recent government announcement, within a few weeks most businesses will be allowed to re-open and there should be a frenzy of activity to try to claw back some of the business lost due to Covid-19. Although your business doors may have been closed, your customers have still been […]
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For most of us, the spare room in our house is either a junk room or an office space – unless of course a baby arrives! Designing a nursery for your baby-to-be can be a fun and rewarding experience but it can also seem a little daunting if you don’t […]
Summer is here, and lockdown is easing. We’re allowed to travel outside our home for exercise and outings, even social visits on a small scale are being allowed. You could almost say, that the timing couldn’t have been better, except we still have to remain vigilant, as to not start […]
Dr. Rosari Kingston PhD, M.Sc (Herbal medicine) is a medical herbalist practising in Dr. O’Reilly’s integrative clinical practice in Clonakilty, Co. Cork as well as Church Cross, Skibbereen. Dr. Kingston’s area of research are the healing modalities present in Irish vernacular medicine and she incorporates them, where possible, into her […]
As his time as Mayor of Clonakilty comes to an end, Michael O’Neill Jnr reflects on the past year and the realisation that there is no place like home, especially when that home is West Cork. Well here it is, the final month of my term as Mayor has arrived. […]
PERMANENT CULTURE Principal #5: Use and Value Renewable Resources Allison Roberts looks at the permaculture principal ‘Use and Value Renewable Resources and explains how from simply line-drying our laundry to using renewable energy to power our homes and businesses, we can all seek out more natural, less-resource intense solutions to […]