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Clonakilty scheme shows value of community employment

WCP Staff July, 2021

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 […]

Bantry volunteer says Ireland needs to do more to help with refugee crisis

Mary O'Brien July, 2021

“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 […]

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Billboards celebrate creativity in Bantry

WCP Staff July, 2021

West Cork is known as a hub of cultural activity: Now an outdoor exhibition of life-size portraits organised by a volunteer group, ‘Bantry Creates’ features local artists, some well-known, others unsung, working in different disciplines and living in the greater Bantry area. Using photography and text, these remarkable billboards show […]

The cemetery gun

Shane Daly July, 2021

“From about the middle of the 18th century it began to be realized that you could learn from a dead body; and that’s when some families were starting to be persuaded that they should allow post mortems.”– Wendy Moore In the 18th and 19th centuries medical and surgical students needed […]

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Ease into electric with hybrid Peugeot 3008

Sean Creedon July, 2021

At the Irish launch of their 3008 three years ago Des Cannon, MD of Gowans, who distribute Peugeot cars in Ireland said: ‘‘We want Peugeot to become known as an SUV brand. Last year (2017) over 30 per cent of all cars registered in Ireland were SUV.’’ Since then there […]

Columnists

A living legend

Paul Lordan July, 2021

Despite the illustrious nature of the shortlist, it will come as no surprise to any follower of Cork football that the winner of our poll to determine West Cork’s greatest ever sportsperson was the mercurial Declan Barron. He won with just under 45 per cent of the vote, with honourable […]

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