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Carbery Plastics celebrates 45 years of success and calls for family business boost

WCP Staff August, 2022

Celebrating 45 years in business in July, West Cork plastics manufacturer, Carbery Plastics Limited, welcomed Senator Tim Lombard to its Clonakilty plant. After meeting with the Carbery team, Senator Lombard was given a tour of the company’s manufacturing operations. Established in 1977, Carbery Plastics is firmly established as a leading […]

Farming

Roadmap needed on emissions reductions

Tommy Moyles August, 2022

At time of writing a decision on the levels of emission reductions that has to be delivered by farmers between now and 2030 has yet to be made. It feels like you can’t turn on a radio or open a news site without having to hear or read of the […]

The wisdom of Irish proverbs

Eugene Daly August, 2022

The diminution of the Gaelic language and consequent sense of a broken tradition is one of the utmost importance in arriving at any adequate assessment of life in Ireland today. Here I attempt to show how proverbs reflect the old Gaelic tradition, now very weakened, mindful of what Thomas Davis […]

History & Folklore

Slavery in Zanzibar

Kieran Doyle August, 2022

This summer of 2022, saw a return to international holidays. Dublin airport hit the headlines with its four-hour check-in queues, but it wasn’t just an Irish problem. The airport authorities in Heathrow, as I write, have forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights to cut back on the throngs of […]

Health & Lifestyle

10,950 thank yous

Tina Pisco August, 2022

As I sit myself down to write this August 2022 column, I am thinking back to the day thirty years ago that changed my life forever. It was one of those three-seasons-in-one sort of day when we unloaded the car in front of our rental home on Inchydoney. My sister […]

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Irish leg of European cycle route reaches Beara

WCP Staff August, 2022

The Irish leg of a network of high-quality cycle routes across Europe is now complete with the addition of new dedicated signposts across Cork County. The final 470km section of EuroVelo 1 follows the coast from Youghal to the Beara Peninsula and was recently completed by Cork County Council in […]

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