On a wet and windy June bank holiday weekend, cabin fever eventually drove Mary O’Brien and family out of the house and down west on the Sunday to visit one of the 23 gardens on the West Cork Garden Trail. Taking on board the statement ‘there is no such thing […]
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Garden enthusiasts and gardeners will be delighted to hear that there are 23 gardens on this year’s West Cork Garden Trail, the longest running trail of its kind in Ireland. From formally designed gardens to natural havens of biodiversity, formal to informal, traditional to more contemporary, this is an opportunity […]
Calving finally came to an end on May 25 with the final cow deciding she’d wait three weeks after the rest. It was a mild inconvenience but it brought the curtain down on what I think was one of the more straightforward calving seasons I can recall. Only four needed […]
In recent days, in the wake of the death of Al Jazeera journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, I was due to travel to Palestine on a five-day mission to the region as part of the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Palestine. We had a packed schedule lined up, and were due […]
On National Cancer Survivors Day, Sunday, June 5, a life-sized statue was revealed by a West Cork community to honour the late Professor Gerry O’Sullivan, a pioneer in the field of cancer research, and founder of Cork Cancer Research Centre and the national charity Breakthrough Cancer Research. The statue was […]
West Cork photographer Miki Barlok is on a mission to create Ireland’s own adventure clothing brand to produce high quality rain gear and clothing suitable for adventures across Ireland’s terrain and to deal with our unpredictable (and more-often-than-not rainy) weather. Miki’s huge passion for hiking, rock climbing and mountain biking […]