Butlerstown Variety Group is busy rehearsing for a brand-new show ‘What a Feeling’, which will run for seven consecutive nights beginning on Easter Sunday night. The show has been part of the fabric of the community for five decades and has stood the test of time, with each production constantly […]
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Farmer and TD Holly Cairns grew up on a farm on the Turk Head peninsula in Lisheen, West Cork. The newly elected Social Democrats TD, who describes herself as a feminist farmer, is looking forward to getting her teeth into the job and being the best TD she can be […]
Photo : Zoe McCormack, Deidre Calnan, Ella McCormack & Molly Walsh, Junior Category winners from Sacred Heart, Clonakilty Students from Skibbereen Community School took the overall senior prize at the recent West Cork Student Enterprise finals, which were held in Fernhill House and Gardens. They will now take their business […]
Funny word that – ‘Sustainable’. It’s fast becoming the most overused, almost abused, word in our vocabulary today, with a lot of confusion surrounding it’s meaning; it’s open to so many different interpretations depending on your point of view. For me this was the closest quote I could find to […]
by Mags Riordan Bumblebee Flower Farm You’ve settled on your date and are making a conscious effort to be more thoughtful about the environmental impact of your wedding. The biggest decision will be your venue including your menu choices. Next step wedding flowers, which I’ll give a few tips on […]
“You don’t find love, it finds you…” Love found Peter Fitzpatrick and Aleks Bartus-Winiarska in a playground in Clonakilty when two halves – one Irish origin, one Polish – suddenly joined together to make a whole. Both came from broken relationships; both had children; both shared a love of craft […]