From colours to flowers to accessories to materials, the bridal party’s ensemble should very definitely reflect the bride. While there will be some ‘traditional’ guidelines, there are now NO hard and fast rules. Let’s start with the smallest person in the wedding party; there is nothing more charming than a […]
Health & Lifestyle
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 […]
If living a simpler life in a smaller more flexible space without the burden of a €300,000-plus mortgage sounds attractive, then Big Man Tiny Homes could be the construction company for you. With the current housing crisis, Irish attitudes to house building are changing; people are looking for smarter, more […]
The Clonakilty Fairtrade group is looking forward to Fairtrade fortnight, which will run this year from February 24 to March 8. ‘IChooseFairtrade – SheDeservesBetter!’ is the worldwide mantra for this Fairtrade fortnight, with a strong focus on cocoa, and especially on the particular role that women farmers play in the […]
Local couple Jason Fleming and Síle Burns talk to West Cork People about building their family home on a site on Jason’s family farm looking out over the stunning Dunworley Bay in Butlerstown. Síle works as a physiotherapist with the HSE in Skibbereen and Rosscarbery and Jason works as a […]