Health & Lifestyle - West Cork People

Curtain up on Summer

Tina Pisco June, 2023

This is it lads! The moment we’ve all been waiting for. The prize that dangles in the distance through the dark days like a beckoning light at the end of the winter tunnel. Summer 2023 here we come! Is there ever a time more filled with hope? More anticipatory? I […]

Sport & Fitness

Take on the challenge of the Tour de Beara in support of local organisations

WCP Staff June, 2023

Saddle up to discover the delights of the Beara peninsula at the Tour de Beara cycle on September 9, 2023. The not-for-profit, community-run event, formerly known as The Rebel Tour, has established itself as one of the most popular and scenic one-day sportives in the country, and competition will be […]

Health & Lifestyle

June Sun Signs

Kate Arbon June, 2023

June brings us the Summer Solstice and the turn of the Astrological year. With the Full Moon on June 4 in fire sign Sagittarius, it looks like the heat of Summer is not over just yet. This month puts a focus on social connections and sorting out practical issues from […]

Health & Lifestyle

Supports for family carers

WCP Staff June, 2023

People providing care for family members often are so busy with their caring responsibilities that they don’t always have time to look at what supports are available to them. It is important that they know that carers may be entitled to a number of supports from the Department of Social […]

Health & Lifestyle

New Pieta service in West Cork

WCP Staff June, 2023

The Suicide Prevention Charity Pieta will have a new base in the Dunmanway Family Resource as it brings its free therapy services to the west of the county Pieta, the national suicide prevention charity, will be providing free counselling in Dunmanway, West Cork as part of an expansion of its […]

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Dunmanway primary school reaches all-island debating final

WCP Staff June, 2023

A Dunmanway primary school debating team has reached the final of the all-island Concern Primary Debates competition. The sixth class girls from St. Mary’s Senior Girls National School in Dunmanway defeated a team from Ballyadams National School in Laois in a semi-final in Dublin on May 25. The young debaters successfully […]

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