Irish Wheelchair Association’s frontline workers are delivering vital services to people with physical disabilities in homes in West Cork throughout the COVID-19 crisis. The organisation has also set up an emergency response team to continue to reach people with disabilities, who may become sick with the coronavirus and isolated. Sinéad […]
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18 Cork Stores now signed up to BEZZU including Bella Donna Ladies Fashion in Clonakilty Bezzu, a new free mobile app designed to support independent fashion retailers by connecting them with customers online, has launched this week and is available to download on Android and IOS devices for retailers and […]
The West Cork Hotel in Skibbereen has been busy spreading some joy during the current crisis. Since the hotel put up a facebook post on April 2 calling on all past brides and grooms to share a photograph and happy memory of their special day at the West Cork Hotel, […]
The Curly-Wurly cake bought just before lockdown, the fear felt by the medically vulnerable, the Zoom birthday parties and socially distanced funerals: accounts of all this and more is being collected for a ‘people’s archive’ of COVID-19 experiences. Clíona O’Carroll, Cork Folklore Project Research Director, explains. What will happen to […]
Bingo, mindfulness colouring and recipes among the ideas at the online hub The Cork International Hotel has launched a unique and innovative ‘Hotel at Home’ Hub curated by the head of digital marketing Megan Pardy. The Hub is an interactive section on the hotel’s website for past and future guests […]
The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) and the Simon Communities are once again joining forces to launch the annual RIAI Simon Open Door campaign. This year, however, they’re taking the initiative online due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Now in its 16th year, the campaign sees registered […]