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 […]
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 […]
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 […]