MIX Coworking opened its doors at 8 Wolfe Tone Street one year ago this month, on March 14, 2022. The upstairs was a grain store for many years and still bears handwritten tally scores on the wooden beams. Now it’s an open-plan workspace for remote workers, with fibre broadband, smart-door […]
A Syrian entrepreneur living in Clonakilty, who lost a good friend in the devastating Turkey-Syria earthquake that has claimed over 48,000 lives since it hit in the early hours of February 6 is donating 100 per cent of her profits to help humanitarian aid efforts until the end of March. […]
Time passes slowly when you’re enjoying a freshly brewed coffee while watching the world go by from behind the handsome glass window that frames the front of Revel, Clonakilty’s friendly and relaxed coffee bar and concept store. For Revel owners Aisling O’Leary and Forbes Kelly however, it’s been a whirlwind […]
In need of larger premises, this month Olives West Cork moves into a new home in the original Clonakilty Black Pudding factory. As he approaches 20 years in business, proprietor Gerald ‘GIK’ Kelleher reflects on how Olives West Cork has grown from humble beginnings to now supplying local artisan products […]
Businesses across North and West Cork are being encouraged to take advantage of the array of events and topics at this year’s Local Enterprise Week, taking place from the March 6-10. In Cork County, over 31 events are scheduled to take place in person and online, covering themes such as […]
There is an old Russian communist joke that goes something like this: a local communist meeting is taking place in a village outside Moscow and the party leaders are attending, to indoctrinate the local peasants. The leader asks the assembled crowd, ‘If you had ten cows what would you do?’ […]