Niamh Crowley from Snave, Bantry, has been awarded the Bantry Credit Union Third-Level Education Scholarship for 2020. Daughter of Tony and Carmel Crowley, Shauna is the 18th annual winner of the scholarship, which is worth up to €6,000 over four years. In keeping with public health guidelines, this year a […]
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Holly Cairns TD and Councillor Ross O’Connell are calling for more action on water quality issues in West Cork. The results of the EPA’s Urban Waste Water Treatment in 2019 report revealed numerous issues in West Cork. The report highlights wastewater that has not been treated properly is being released […]
The future of Inchydoney will be the topic of a public Zoom meeting on Thursday December 3, hosted by Cork South West TD Christopher O’Sullivan. The public meeting has two purposes:1. To discuss development of a safe pedestrian access from Clonakilty to Inchydoney.2. Save the Inchydoney dune system using nature-lead […]
Speaking in the Dáil last week on flooding issues in rural Ireland, Holly Cairns TD, raised the concerns of families and businesses in Bantry, Dunmanway, Skibbereen, Rosscarbery and other local areas prone to flooding. Several areas of West Cork have suffered several floods already this year, and that’s before the […]
Holly Cairns TD has been announced as a member of the newly formed Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters which is considering all disability matters including monitoring the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities. It recognises the need for a specific focus on the needs […]