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Using your talents to create a business

Mary O'Brien March, 2019

Five years ago Stephanie Tenier began her creative journey with Feltastik. Armed with a vivid imagination, a good business sense and a little bit of fairy magic, the felt fairymaker has created an enchanting interactive product range to appeal to all. Stephanie launches her ‘My Wool Fairy’ craft activity kit […]

Girl Power on the farm

WCP Staff March, 2019

Yorkshire native Laura Cable (26) manages a 130-cow farm just outside Clonakilty. Although she grew up on a beef and sheep farm, Laura’s heart is now in dairy. She talks to Mary O’Brien about how a young woman ends up managing a dairy farm single-handedly in West Cork. Laura manages […]

Working for success

WCP Staff March, 2019

Young entrepreneur James Gale (22) based in Kinsale believes in aiming and achieving high. The creator of StampOwl and SwiftFox tells Mary O’Brien that he sees himself running a multi-million euro business and providing employment for a lot of people in ten years time. “I would like to help Elon […]

Sowing the seeds of a sustainable future

WCP Staff March, 2019

Seed saving is a labour of love for botanist Madeline McKeever and her daughter Holly Cairns who send their Brown Envelope organic vegetable seeds all over the world from their farm on the remote Turk Head peninsula near Skibbereen. Without seed we have no food. With a Master of Science […]

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To the tune of love

Mary O'Brien February, 2019

In the words of the great William Shakespeare ‘If music be the food of love, play on.’ Barry and Mary Kingston have been dancing to the same tune since they caught each other’s eye across a crowded pub on May 1, 1988. Barry was playing a gig with some friends […]

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Love, life and a red door welcome in the village

Mary O'Brien February, 2019

Originally built in 1820 by the Earl of Shannon to accommodate retired sea captains, Travara, a Georgian-style house in Courtmacsherry has been run as a luxury guesthouse since the early 2000s by owners Brendan Murphy and Richard May. Also partners in life, Brendan and Richard have been together for almost […]

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