There is no greater testament to the success of Lisheens House than the heartfelt words of the people who have accessed the service. The independent West Cork mental health charity and suicide prevention service has been offering free counselling across Cork County since it was first set up in 2014 […]

“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years,” Abraham Lincoln. Scottish-born Theresa Lyons is such a force of life. Now settled in Clonakilty with her husband Bernard and daughter Kathleen, this determined and inspirational lady, who turns eighty this year, […]

Working in the Clonakilty Arts Centre feels like how I imagine an old ship to be; the floorboards creak and the roof sags like sails in a lull; the walls between rooms are patched and paper thin, pigeon feathers waft through old windows and the dim light articulates dust as […]

Living abroad has brought a deepening need for connection to home for photographer Aoife Casey, whose last series of photographs ‘Glimpses of Erin’ stemmed from a fascination with Ireland’s past. Inspired by the historical events surrounding Ireland’s fight for Independence, as well as Thomas MacDonagh’s poem ‘Wishes For My Son, […]

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