It has been a busy few weeks for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and unfortunately, it hasn’t been good news for the state of Ireland’s nature. Almost half of our rivers and lakes are now polluted and almost a fifth of them in ‘bad’ or ‘poor’ condition, according to the […]
For years Kinsale residents have been complaining about really bad odours and noise coming from the town’s waste water treatment plant and the EPA have now backed up their complaints in a new report criticising the continuous and ongoing breaches at the plant. The EPA has questioned the capacity of […]
This month marks the passing of century since a day-long battle played out in the neighbouring West Cork villages of Enniskeane and Ballineen. Pauline Murphy tells us more about November 4, 1922, when a fierce fight took place between large parties of Anti-Treaty IRA volunteers and Free State troops, resulting […]




