Ella, Mary Jo and Angela Ryan, three sisters who are all musicians from just outside Bandon, have been performing on Facebook live every Thursday night for the last three months and have recently started raising funds for Marymount Hospice and Cancer Connect. It all started when Ella eventually arrived home […]
Training Wheels, an initiative delivered by Clonakilty-based Ulick O’Beirne, is one of seven new Cork social enterprises to graduate from the prestigious Irish Social Business Campus (ISBC) ‘Business for Social Impact’ programme. The free programme, designed specifically to create and develop sustainable businesses that make a positive social impact was […]
Having been watched by thousands of people on a live EagleCam for 11 weeks, the Glengarriff white-tailed eagle chick has now fledged – and the public is being invited to name her. The eagle chick is gradually finding her wings and she recently made her first trip to the mainland […]
Before I get started, I want to address a pet peeve. I know that I am a bit of a Pedantic Pat, but I make no excuses. Words have meanings and disregarding that is to encourage confusion and miscommunication. Until this year my pet peeve was the word Recession. Up […]
Network Ireland’s West Cork branch has gone from strength to strength, becoming the fastest growing branch nationally in 2019 and can boast of two National Business Woman of the Year Award Winners, which is an incredible achievement for such a newly formed group. The West Cork branch are hoping to […]
Carbery Housing Association (CHA) continues its work of rescuing families from repossession by buying five more properties in County Cork as of June 2020. These properties are mostly rural, but some are in larger towns. CHA has also received the good news that two of their properties have been accepted […]