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A guide to career paths in retrofit

Ruairi Kay December, 2025

From time to time, I get asked how to gain employment in the retrofit industry. The Irish Government’s ambitious target through the Climate Action Plan to retrofit 500,000 homes to a minimum of B2 Building Energy Rating (BER) by 2030 is fuelling a sustained demand for a skilled workforce. While […]

Where are the elephants to go?

Dr Jeremy A. Dorman December, 2025

“Sorry I am late,” said the taxi driver. “There were elephants in our compound, eating the mango trees.” That is not the sort of excuse one often hears from a taxi driver in Ireland, but in southern Africa, elephants and humans are not getting along too well. That was a […]

The drama of the Red Scare

Kieran Doyle December, 2025

Arthus Miller in 1966. Arthur Miller is one of America’s greatest playwrights. Some of his dramas are household names; ‘Death of a Salesman’, ‘A View from a Bridge’, ‘All my Sons’. His story lines are suspenseful, his themes tackle morally ambiguous scenarios, his characters depict ordinary, relatable people like you […]

Adventures of a workawayer

Fionnuala Harkin November, 2025

My favourite part of the day was the chicken watch, mid-afternoon and usually sunny and warm. I was volunteering on a farm in Italy as a ‘workaway’, and one of my jobs was letting the chickens out for their daily run and getting them back safely into the coop. The […]

Genocide and the countries that have committed it

Kieran Doyle November, 2025

Paradoxically as it sounds, there are rules to war. Out of the ashes of World War Two, the United Nations sought to “minimise the suffering under conditions of war”. This is referred to as ‘Jus ad Bellum’. The thought process was no matter how bad war is, there must be […]

Feel Good Festival time

WCP Staff October, 2025

Too many people to count will be taking part in the 13th West Cork Feel Good Festival (WCFGF) but Moze Jacobs gives us a taste of what to expect. The festival started harmoniously on October 1 with a ‘Feel-Good‘ Singing Workshop led by Caz Jeffreys at Levis’ Corner House (Ballydehob). […]

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