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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Seven years ago Claire O’Sullivan and Eli Tanner caught each other’s eye on a ferry trip to Whiddy Island. “It was my first trip to Whiddy,” explains Claire. “I was going to a Famine commemmoration mass with my Auntie Mary and Eli was driving the ferry. “Claire was the only […]
On January 21 in the High Court, an application for Judicial Review was granted by Mr. Justice Seamus Noonan in Court 6. This Judicial Review will be brought against An Bord Pleanala’s decision to grant permission for a customised thermoplastic compounding factory in Poundlick in Skibbereen. The people of […]
After suffering a severe spinal injury last May, Clodagh Helen, 25, from Clonakilty, is undertaking a remarkable feat in aid of Spinal Injuries Ireland. The determined zoo biologist, who is one of the handlers at the Birds of Prey Centre at Aillwee Cave in Co. Clare has set herself the […]
On November 29 2018 An Bord Pleanala ruled with two votes against one and against the advice of their own inspector, in favour of the proposed Thermoplastic Compounding Factory adjacent to the Retirement Village and Nursing Home on Baltimore Road in Skibbereen. The planning permission is sought by American RTP […]
A special edition of An Saol ó Dheas broadcast on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta this week commemorated the Whiddy Island disaster. The interviewees included Eoin Warner, a wildlife television documentary maker, who lost his father in the tragedy. Eoin, from Bantry, was only two-and-a-half when his father was died. He […]