Irish Wheelchair Association’s frontline workers are delivering vital services to people with physical disabilities in homes in West Cork throughout the COVID-19 crisis. The organisation has also set up an emergency response team to continue to reach people with disabilities, who may become sick with the coronavirus and isolated. Sinéad […]
Lámh has opened up free access to Lámh Signs online until the end of May while families and carers are staying home amid the coronavirus pandemic. Over 4,200 people have signed up in the last two weeks. Lámh is a key sign system used by children and adults with intellectual […]
18 Cork Stores now signed up to BEZZU including Bella Donna Ladies Fashion in Clonakilty Bezzu, a new free mobile app designed to support independent fashion retailers by connecting them with customers online, has launched this week and is available to download on Android and IOS devices for retailers and […]
The West Cork Hotel in Skibbereen has been busy spreading some joy during the current crisis. Since the hotel put up a facebook post on April 2 calling on all past brides and grooms to share a photograph and happy memory of their special day at the West Cork Hotel, […]
The Curly-Wurly cake bought just before lockdown, the fear felt by the medically vulnerable, the Zoom birthday parties and socially distanced funerals: accounts of all this and more is being collected for a ‘people’s archive’ of COVID-19 experiences. Clíona O’Carroll, Cork Folklore Project Research Director, explains. What will happen to […]
Thirty pieces of art donated by 111 Cork artists including Munster rugby players, Billy Holland and The Project Twins Artists from 10 countries, and 29 counties in Ireland have contributed work to the Incognito art sale of 1,812 original pieces of art for the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation. This […]