Skibbereen’s business hub ‘Ludgate’ claimed the coveted ‘Business Hub of the Year’ award at the Digital Business Ireland Awards in February. Digital hubs such as the Ludgate in Skibbereen, which boasts a gigabite broadband connection and has been a magnet for startups, have an important role to play in the […]
As regular tofu eaters Méabh Mooney and Ronan Forde were disappointed that there seemed to be no Irish-made tofu available on the market, the most widely available brands being made in Germany and the UK. In the midst of a pandemic the couple experienced a moment of madness, or fate, […]
Kloe Wood Lyndorff and Adam Carveth set up their garden design and experience business five years ago with the aim of connecting people with nature. As well as a range of garden design services, they offer boutique botanical themed accommodation and a variety of new tasting tours of The Garden […]
Magnolias are beautiful, glamourous plants, with their tulip-shaped, goblet-shaped or strap-petalled flowers. They are also very ancient; one of the first flowering plants on earth, they pre-date bees and their open flowers are pollinated by beetles. Mattie Keane from Future Forest shares how to choose and care for them. Some […]
It’s been four years since married couple Aimi Pinder and Lucy Smith landed their dream home on eight acres in the shape of a ‘crooked boot’ in Ballydehob. Since then they have created a thriving plant nursery business, supplying homegrown garden plants to local farmers’ markets and more recently Neighbourfood.ie. […]
You will notice that design inspiration photos of reception hallways don’t usually have layers of coats falling off hooks or muddy shoes piled on top of each other. That is probably because that same house has a well planned out utility, or boot room…one where there is a place for […]