For a small village, Courtmacsherry has a big heart, as demonstrated by the local response to the current pandemic. Over the past five weeks, volunteers like Sheila Desmond, John Madden and Clemence Holland have mobilised to provide support to members of the community in the Courtmacsherry, Barryroe and Lislevane areas, […]
Following a remarkable response to their recently announced free writing workshops, Cork County Council Library & Arts Service has confirmed two additional online workshops starting on April 29th. The Council’s Library Service made the decision to double the number of places available, having receiving over 150 high quality applications for […]
With many of us at home now looking for meal inspiration, a brand new eight-part series on RTÉ One Cook-in, with award-winning chef Mark Moriarty and Bord Bia, aims to give us home chefs a survival guide of easy-to follow, uplifting recipes for nutritious meals made from the humble contents […]
As the Lockdown continues car sales like most other businesses are suffering. The last proper figures from SIMI were for the month of February, where Renault finished the podium in third position in the new car sales charts. The new version of the Renault Captur, which I drove last week, […]
Archives show DIAS scientists drawing public attention to global warming as far back as 1940s Scientists at Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) were drawing attention to the consequences of global warming as far back as the 1940s. To mark Earth Day today (22.04.20), the Institute is highlighting the contribution its researchers […]
Flour is up there with toilet roll as a commodity that is in high demand at the moment. Retailers are working closely with suppliers to keep stocks of baking ingredients on shelves as a result of the dramatic rise in the number of people who are baking in response to […]