During the lockdown period of restricted travel one widely remarked phenomenon countrywide was the large increase in the numbers of people of all ages out walking and cycling. A desire to retain that peace and freedom, together with the promise by the new coalition government of an annual €360 million […]
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Ella, Mary Jo and Angela Ryan, three sisters who are all musicians from just outside Bandon, have been performing on Facebook live every Thursday night for the last three months and have recently started raising funds for Marymount Hospice and Cancer Connect. It all started when Ella eventually arrived home […]
Training Wheels, an initiative delivered by Clonakilty-based Ulick O’Beirne, is one of seven new Cork social enterprises to graduate from the prestigious Irish Social Business Campus (ISBC) ‘Business for Social Impact’ programme. The free programme, designed specifically to create and develop sustainable businesses that make a positive social impact was […]
Having been watched by thousands of people on a live EagleCam for 11 weeks, the Glengarriff white-tailed eagle chick has now fledged – and the public is being invited to name her. The eagle chick is gradually finding her wings and she recently made her first trip to the mainland […]
Scally’s SuperValu Clonakilty, a haven for fresh food that is renowned for innovation and supporting their local community, is a real family affair. Niamh Scally, daughter of Catriona and Eugene, recently returned to the family business after working for Coles, Australia’s largest food retail group. Marketeer Niamh explains how the […]
Perhaps one of the most positive things to come out of lockdown has been the recognition that the NeighbourFood initiative has received. At a time when farmer’s markets were closed down and the livelihood of small local food producers under threat, NeighbourFood provided a platform that supported these producers thus […]