July – the ‘outdoor month’ closely associated with summer gatherings, glorious sunsets, garden parties, BBQs and hot sun – screams Summer. Like it or not, July is the month where we all bare a little or a lot more skin. For some of us, the idea of stripping off and […]
Health & Lifestyle
Started as an activity for ‘Mothers and Others’ aged over 25 to try out Gaelic football, The Meela Moos of Kilnameela ladies football club in Ahiohill, has since morphed into an impressive initiative. Matthew Hurley meets Rosaleen O’Brien, one of the mothers behind the team that met on the school […]
Born on the banks of the Nile river in Uganda during a conversation between Cork man Colin Wong and Scottish native Jamie Stevenson-Hamilton, Kenmare’s Emerald Outdoors is now heading into its seventh summer. The successful kayaking business offers morning, afternoon and night trips on Kenmare Bay. Boasting 30 years of […]
A wall hanging created by members of the Community Participation Through Textiles class at the Further Education and Training Centre in Clonakilty, depicting ten areas of interest in the locality including the landing of the Flying Fortress ‘Taint a Bird’ in White’s Marsh in 1943, the Old Linen Hall, the […]



