Writers residing in Munster are invited to enter the 2020 J G Farrell Fiction Award – an award is for the best opening chapter of a novel-in-progress. The prize is a place on the West Cork Literary Festival’s online Novel with Paul McVeigh workshop. This workshop was originally due to take place as […]
We are really ready to move from May into June, and the garden is gearing up to produce a whole pile of food. The lockdown has enabled us to spend hours in the garden, seeding and planting, but now we need someone to eat it all. We are already wading […]
From Thursday, May 28, passengers arriving to Ireland from overseas will be required to complete a COVID-19 Passenger Locator Form. Under new regulations, signed by Minister for Health, Simon Harris TD, passengers arriving from overseas must complete the form and failure to do so will be an offence. Passengers will […]
Responding to the launch of the European Commission’s €750 billion COVID-19 Recovery Plan, Green Party MEPs Grace O’Sullivan and Ciarán Cuffe say they are broadly welcoming of the plan, which they describe as having the potential to play a part in creating a socially, economically and environmentally resilient Europe, and […]
100 years ago this June, Bantry was a dangerous place to be. Pauline Murphy recounts how death and destruction marred the West Cork town that summer. It all began with the killing of RIC Constable Thomas King on June 12, 1920. A native of Roundstone in Co. Galway, Constable King […]
The current restrictions on public events has given the organising team of Clonakilty Bike Fest a new challenge this year – one they have enthusiastically risen to by organising a packed programme of activities to keep cycling enthusiasts engaged and entertained no matter where in the world they park their […]