Health & Lifestyle - West Cork People

Lettercollum’s vegetarian sausage roll recipe revealed

Karen Austin December, 2022

When I was a kid we ate sausage rolls every Christmas. They came out when visitors called or when we got home after Christmas shopping – which was the day before Christmas, not the entire month before, so sausage rolls were quite a treat. Sausage rolls are a great invention. […]

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Sustainable wines for Christmas

WCP Staff December, 2022

Fionnuala Harkin is a qualified wine educator with the Wines and Spirits Educational Trust. Her love of wine developed over her years of running a restaurant in Clonakilty, as well as writing on food and wine for West Cork People and Food and Wine magazine. She works for Wines Direct, an […]

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Clonakilty Amnesty candle blows out due to dwindling committee members

WCP Staff December, 2022

Amnesty International is a movement of over 10 million members working for the release of prisoners of conscience and in December the entire membership will be writing letters to and for 10 people imprisoned or under threat for their human rights activities. You can join this annual effort by going […]

New community cafe to open in Bantry

WCP Staff December, 2022

A new community café with trained volunteers ready to offer a listening ear will open on Bridge Street in Bantry early in the New Year. It will be a warm, safe space, open to all over-18’s where individuals may wish to just have a cuppa, make a connection, join a trained […]

Health & Lifestyle

Easing into Christmas

Tina Pisco December, 2022

And just like that it’s the last month of the year. After such a great summer and a lovely autumn, I almost forgot that the dark days were on the way – until I looked up at 4:30pm and noticed that it was pitch black outside. Let’s face it, it […]

Low carb and diabetic-friendly baking

Hannah Dare December, 2022

I’m enjoying a day off at home today, and one of the things I’m doing is making some bread. But I’m not making ordinary bread – I’m making a super-seedy low carb loaf that is tasty and nourishing, and best of all, easy to make! I love bread, toast, and […]

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