Skibbereen’s Olympic rowers may have dominated the West Cork gold medal winning headlines of late but a world title also found its way to the region in August writes Tommy Moyles. Clonakilty’s Jer Coakley was one of two Irish ploughmen to win on the world stage in mid-August, on the […]
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Do you suffer from intense dry skin conditions like Psoriasis or Eczema? Are you searching for something to soothe and heal your skin? If so, you might be interested in a new range of skincare products we’ve recently started stocking. These products contain an unusual yet powerful ingredient: snail mucin, […]
There are many animals that reach a great age. Tortoises and turtles are especially long-lived. In his lovely 1948 book ‘Over the Reefs’, Cork-born writer and artist Robert Gibbings (whose father was rector of St. Multose Church in Kinsale) told of a radiated tortoise called Tu’i Malila that lived as […]





