Bandon native Claire Lehane is the determined entrepreneur behind CL HR Consultancy. Through a combination of hard work and persistence, the HR Consultant and Workplace Mediator has built up a successful business providing tailored, solution-based services helping businesses meet their HR legal responsibilities. CL HR Consultancy is currently renovating a new […]
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Two students from Colaiste na Toirbhirte Bandon took the overall prize at the recent West Cork Student Enterprise finals, which were held virtually on Thursday March 18. Hook R Strike is a handcrafted sports equipment holder for the home. More than 350 students from ten participating West Cork schools took […]
Kelly Mellerick, one of the volunteers who helps run the My Lovely Horse Rescue (MLHR) Cork centre, talks to West Cork People about why the charity is calling for a ban on animal tethering. Based in Cobh, on the family farm of Jeannette O’Connell, My Lovely Horse Rescue centre is […]
In March Ballinspittle resident Roos Demol shared the Cork Person of the Month Award with Breda Keane Shortt for their efforts in supporting migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and those in direct provision in Cork. The Flemish human rights activist, who has created several integration initiatives within the Irish community, as […]
As one door closes another often opens. Just 12 months after returning from Australia to work in her family business, as it adjusted to trading in a pandemic, Niamh Scally has taken a small inhouse brand and grown it into a fully fledged independent business – Clonakilty Gluten Free Kitchen. […]
After working in banking in the UK for a number of years, Rita Holding moved with her family back to her native West Cork, which is where she turned her lifelong passion for vintage and antiques into a business. She now runs RH Vintage Interiors from a purpose-built workshop in […]