Christian Aid Ireland has thanked the people of West Cork for their support for the fundraising efforts of a Carrigaline clergyman who recently completed a sponsored walk around County Cork, raising more than €11,000 for the agency’s work in Burundi, a country affected by poverty, hunger and conflict. Rev Tony […]
The ‘Cailleach Bhéara’ (Hag of Beara) is a mythical old woman in Irish literature and folklore, associated with west Munster, but especially with the Beara Peninsula in West Cork. Originally her name was ‘Boí’, a variant of the word for a cow, ‘bó’, At the tip of the Beara Peninsula […]
This summer a lot of young people will be taking up summer jobs for the first time, particularly in the hospitality and retail sectors. This can lead to parents or the young people themselves having a range of questions in relation to their employment rights and entitlements. The working […]
Union Hall RNLI assisted two people late last month after their 34ft yacht got into mechanical difficulty off Toe Head. The volunteer crew were requested to launch their inshore lifeboat ‘Margaret Bench of Solihull’, by the Irish Coast Guard. The lifeboat helmed by Michael Limrick with Liam Limrick and Craig […]
The Clonakilty Area Sports Club community employment scheme (CASG) has been working in the community in some shape or form for the last 30 years and the experience over the last 15 months has perhaps been a reminder of just how important that work is. Community employment (CE) provides an […]
“Everyone deserves the same chance at life,” says humanitarian aid worker and UCC law graduate Amy Boyden from Bantry “and it should not be determined by where you were born.” Amy is volunteering at a refugee camp on Lesvos in Greece and shares her heartrending experience with West Cork People […]