The world’s first transatlantic cable, which sent its first telegram 166 years ago, started in Valentia Island off the coast of Co Kerry. Now subsea cables carry 99 per cent of the world’s internet traffic. Today’s cables enable the transmission of light along fibreoptic strands within the cable, enabling an ever-increasing […]

After storm Darragh in early December and the cold start to the New Year, this  next month is  an ideal time  to get planting bareroot trees and shrubs. Deelish Garden Centre in Skibbereen has seen a huge increase in people interested in planting bare root plants year on year and […]

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