Nestled in Glengarriff Bay is the romantic Eccles Hotel & Spa, commanding panoramic views of Bantry Bay on West Cork’s Wild Atlantic Way. Just a two-minute stroll away guests will find Glengarriff Harbour, with its boats to the famous gardens on Garnish Island, and the village centre with quaint craft […]
Baltimore-based business Foxglove Cocktails, which creates delicious non-alcoholic craft cocktail mixers and garnishes using 100 per cent natural ingredients, is now expanding its services to create the ultimate wedding experience. Offering a range of packages and services – from a ‘His and Hers’ cocktail reception to an exquisite ‘Espresso Martini […]
Donna McCarthy and Paul O’Driscoll exchanged their own wedding vows within the 13th century walls of Baltimore’s Dún na Séad castle a week before the pandemic in March 2020 and have since started welcoming other brides and grooms to this medieval venue they are fortunate to call home. Interestingly, once […]
Have you ever been at a wedding where you saw a table in convulsions laughing and wondered “What’s going on there?” From getting ready to the ‘craic’ at a table, takeNplace Weddings is a West Cork-based photo service that enables guests to share their candid moments with the wedding couple […]
Fifty years ago Oxford economist E. F. Schumacher wrote ‘Small Is Beautiful – A Study of Economics As If People Mattered’, challenging the state of excessive consumption in Western society; and challenging economic globalisation, with warnings related to the inevitable human cost. His premise was that economies should revolve around the […]
This month West Cork Branch Committee Member Jez Simms shares his experiences of a pelagic boat trip on August 13, organised by the Branch. Pelagic means living or occurring in the open sea. It was a glorious Sunday morning when members of Birdwatch Ireland set out on the Branch’s annual […]