Environment - West Cork People

Case study: Vacant property upgrade and navigating the grant process

Ruairi Kay March, 2025

Following on from last month’s article on the vacant and derelict property grants, Ruairi Kay speaks with Paul Deane about his experience with the grant in upgrading his home in Clonakilty I first met Paul in May of 2024, when I completed a home energy assessment for him under the […]

Sea Shepherds and krill

Dr Jeremy A. Dorman March, 2025

There was a piece on RTE Radio 1’s ‘Sunday Miscellany’ a few weeks ago by Hugh Wheldon, a young Irish volunteer with the environmental organisation Sea Shepherd. He was aboard the ship ‘Allankay’, in the Antarctic, and talked of icebergs and polar sunsets, Cape Horn and Drake’s Passage, orcas and […]

The historical stone walls and heritage hedgerows of Murragh

WCP Staff February, 2025

Often when we think of old stone walls in fields, we think of those that are found in the West of Ireland, particularly those found in Connemara. They form an iconic part of the landscape and heritage of the area. Numerous distinct types of stone walls exist around Ireland, with […]

Why go birding?

WCP Staff February, 2025

This month Jez Simms, Chair of the Birdwatch Ireland West Cork Branch, talks about his love of birding. To answer the question of this article’s title, as to why you should take up this joyful and fulfilling pastime, I shall relate my life as a bird watcher and hope this […]

We are all connected

Fiona Hayes February, 2025

The world’s first transatlantic cable, which sent its first telegram 166 years ago, started in Valentia Island off the coast of Co Kerry. Now subsea cables carry 99 per cent of the world’s internet traffic. Today’s cables enable the transmission of light along fibreoptic strands within the cable, enabling an ever-increasing […]

Waste Not, Want Not: Initiatives and the February Freezer Challenge

WCP Staff February, 2025

This month we’d like you to join us on a mission. Winter has always been what we humans have pickled and preserved for. We freeze, we dry and we can. These are all great ways to save food but, as our lives have modernised, so have our shopping options. We […]

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