What better way to enjoy some time out this summer than amongst some of West Cork’s most beautiful gardens? The West Cork Garden Trail is open for visitors. West Cork is truly the garden paradise of Ireland with its mild climate encouraging and challenging many gardeners and plant lovers to […]
Premier Face Painting Ireland based in Bantry has been awarded ‘Best Professional Face Painting and entertainment company Company’ in the Irish Enterprise Awards 2021. The face behind this colourful enterprise is Bantry native Selena Cassidy, who shares that while she may have started the business on a wing and a […]
Mindset and Confidence Coach Anna Healy has always hankered for adventure or, as her family might put it, she was “mad for road”. The road this Kerry native took in life eventually led her to starting her own business in 2019. With a fierce desire to help and empower others […]
In 2020, ‘Handmade by Kata’ metamorphosed into ‘Cotton Caterpillars’ and introduced itself to the world. With the help of her Local Enterprise Office business owner and creator Kata O’Donovan brought her rebranded vibrant and funky organic cotton range from Clonakilty to Dublin to Showcase Ireland at the RDS. Suddenly Cotton Caterpillars […]
This June sees the 10th Clon Bike Fest, and a proper celebration of all things two-wheels is planned! From humble beginnings in 2011, the Clonakilty Bicycle Festival has held true to its organic DIY ethos and become a popular and much-loved town festival over the years, signalling for many Clon […]
The West Cork Chamber Music Festival will run its virtual incarnation ‘Bantry and Beyond’ this year from Friday, May 28 to Sunday, July 25. As the Festival musicians could not come to Bantry, the Festival has gone to the musicians. Festival-goers will become virtual travellers to destinations around Europe and USA. They […]