After a break of three years, the West Cork Branch of Birdwatch Ireland will once again hold its annual dawn to dusk bird race on Sunday, January 29. Teams of four will spend the day driving around an area of West Cork trying to record as many bird species as […]
Once upon a time the words sustainability and slow fashion were not in use at all. It was just how clothes were made. Sonia Caldwell reflects on what we lost even though this time was not so long ago and how we can reclaim some of these skills. As someone […]
On January 1, 1973, Ireland finally joined the European Economic Community following a decade of back and forth negotiations. At that time, our economy was almost entirely reliant on Britain, as was our application to join the European Community. Twice Britain’s application to join was rejected and ours along with […]
The retirement of Kieran Cotter, the former Coxswain at Baltimore RNLI, was marked recently with a party held in Jacobs Bar, in the village. While Kieran officially retired at the end of 2020, the station was not able to properly mark the occasion during the pandemic and decided to wait […]
Hunger strikes are synonymous with Irish history. Some of our most famous men and women have taken part or died during a hunger strike. A hunger strike is used when all other avenues of communication have broken down. It is generally a last resort undertaken in order to bring attention […]
On behalf of families who lost loved ones in the Whiddy Island Disaster 44 years ago, International maritime expert Michael Kingston, has corresponded with An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, demanding new inquests into the 50 deaths. Michael lost his own father, Tim Kingston, in the 1979 Disaster. The Whiddy Island Disaster […]