Veronica Daly is the Proprietary Director of Moneytree Finance, which she runs with her husband Con. With over 20 years’ experience as a mortgage broker, Veronica runs the mortgage department of the company. With the government push to become more climate aware, and the wider push for more sustainable products […]
Home & Garden
It has been a Winter of storms and challenging weather. We seem to have had a weather warning almost every week and it has made work in the garden difficult to contemplate, never mind get started. Thankfully Spring does look to have really landed and we can look forward to […]
Gardening in a greenhouse offers many advantages to hobby gardeners, including optimal control over temperature and humidity. This allows for early seed propagation and an extended growing season for a wide variety of plants. By selecting suitable crops such as tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers — and applying effective cultivation methods […]
As we approach another gardening season, Noah Chase of Deelish Garden Centre in Skibbereen addresses some commonly asked questions by visitors to his garden centre. Do you have British Queen seed potatoes? Up until a few weeks ago, we were being asked this daily, and the answer is ‘yes’, along […]
With over 30 years experience in the area of environmentally-friendly garden and farm supplies, West Cork’s Fruit Hill Farm has long been the shop of choice for Ireland’s organic producers and gardeners. As we head into Spring, the next few months are the ideal time to take softwood cutting from […]
As part of the government’s ‘Housing For All’ plan, in July 2022 the Vacant Property Refurbishment grant was launched, aiming to enable ordinary people to bring vacant properties back into use as homes. After a slow initial take up, the remit of the scheme was expanded and the grant increased […]