Columnists - West Cork People

An Easter tart

Karen Austin April, 2019

The days of abundant eggs and greens are back. Every year I marvel at the spinach and kale, which literally springs back into action once the days are longer. These vegetables are champions of the Irish climate. We pick them in the summer, autumn and spring all from one sowing. […]

Surplus calves are not a new problem

Tommy Moyles April, 2019

It’s been an incredibly busy month across the board for Irish agriculture: The comings, goings and not knowings of Brexit, peak calving season and plenty behind-the-scenes work in Leinster house and beyond. A bit of good news for farmers in the two western West Cork peninsulas came in the form […]

Purple Hearted dogs

Shane Daly April, 2019

We take them for a walk in the evening, throw their favourite ball as far as we can so they can excitedly chase it, we toss a stick into a lake so they can have a little swim, we watch films with them, we pat them on the head, we […]

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Interesting times

Tina Pisco April, 2019

“May you live in interesting times” is commonly quoted as an ancient Chinese curse. Well, if there’s one thing you can say about the times we live in – they are certainly interesting. Frankly, I haven’t ever seen the likes of it. Having always been a news junkie I have […]

Masks of war

Shane Daly March, 2019

The scale of loss in World Wat One, as well as the brutality of it, are almost incalculable. To try and articulate the misery it caused to its victims, would simply do the effects an injustice. The volume of casualties, the cannon-fodder tactics and the extreme harshness of the conditions […]

Simple Cuban fare

Karen Austin March, 2019

This month’s recipe comes from Cuba, it’s not exactly a culinary hotspot but the music is wonderful. Sitting in the Caribbean, this fiercely independent island is big – more than one thousand kms long and more or less one hundred and fifty kms wide, surrounded by picture postcard sea which […]

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