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DNA testing for genealogy is becoming increasingly affordable and popular, especially as gifts, not just to provide an indicator of ethnicity, but also to support research into family histories. The types of DNA testing and how to use the results fully is still not widely understood. The advancement of the […]

Twenty-five years ago ‘Friends of Clonakilty Day Care Centre’ was set up to provide the additional comforts and extras needed to ensure a meaningful and comfortable experience for the elderly members of our community and their families at the Clonakilty Day Care Centre. Sometimes an outing to the Day Care […]

Network Ireland West Cork is continuing to support and inspire ambitious and enterprising women in business. The first event of the year entitled ‘Getting Goal Ready for 2020’ was held at Celtic Ross Hotel, Rosscarbery last month. Guest speakers included Katherine O’Sullivan of O’Donnell Design and Sarah Abbott and Margaret […]

An ageing population is a challenge faced by many global economies. Based on the Central Statistics Office (CSO) and European Commission figures, the number of those who are 65 and over is set to almost treble to 1.6 million people in the next 35 years in Ireland and, by 2060 […]

Castletownbere RNLI lifeboat crew are to be honoured by the charity for a dramatic rescue of a fishing crew that took place in challenging conditions and resulted in the lives of six fishermen being saved. Coxswain Dean Hegarty is to be awarded a Bronze Medal for Gallantry by the Institution […]