Environment - West Cork People

A strange new year

Grace O'Sullivan January, 2021

I’ve been attempting the usual resolution-making and contemplation of the past 12 months, as I like to do in the early days of any new year. It has been challenging. The past 12 months have certainly been a rollercoaster, with who-knows-what ahead of us for the next 12 months. As […]

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Barn owls in County Cork

WCP Staff January, 2021

Dave Rees, Chairman of BirdWatch Ireland West Cork Branch, on the beauty of barn owls, which sadly have become an increasingly rare sight, although there are encouraging signs that the numbers of Barn Owls are beginning to pick up again. There is something about seeing a Barn Owl that brings […]

Realising the value of our iconic seals

Mary O'Brien January, 2021

While the pandemic has forced so many of us to slow down, organisations such as Seal Recue Ireland have been exceptionally busy. West Cork is lucky enough to host some of Ireland’s seal population and members of the public, forced outdoors in greater numbers due to lockdown, will have noticed […]

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Green Skibbereen – A new centre for climate action in West Cork

WCP Staff December, 2020

Green Skibbereen CLG has announced plans to launch a major initiative in early 2021 for climate action and sustainability in West Cork when the group will announce it’s proposal for a new Centre of Excellence for Climate Action Sustainability in West Cork. The group are currently pursuing EU H2020 funding […]

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Skibbereen’s Cycle Sense included in Paint Re-Use Scheme

WCP Staff December, 2020

Are you guilty of hoarding half empty tins of paint at home, those ‘just in case’ tubs that you finally get around to dumping when they’ve dried up? Householders have traditionally brought their leftover paint to their local Civic Amenity Site for disposal, however this may be set to change, […]

With the New Year comes a new decade and a great opportunity

Fiona Hayes December, 2020

Given that this year, 2020, has been dominated by the news of a global pandemic, out-of-control forest fires, worsening news on melting ice caps and permafrost, worse news on changing sea temperatures and pH and the ever present destruction of our earth – through such things as deforestation for monocultures, […]

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