In the past week Defence Forces soldiers serving with the UNITED NATIONS DISENGAGEMENT OBSERVER FORCE (UNDOF) in Syria were presented with their service medal by Force Commander UNDOF, Brigadier General Maureen O’Brien. The 130 personnel of the 60 Infantry Group which deployed to their base in Camp Faouar on the […]
Dr. Rosari Kingston PhD, M.Sc (Herbal medicine) is a medical herbalist practising in Dr. O’Reilly’s integrative clinical practice in Clonakilty, Co. Cork as well as Church Cross, Skibbereen. She considers the integration of herbal medicine with biomedicine to be the future of health care, if the great traditional medical systems, […]
Hailing from Clonakilty, Eve Clague is a singer-songwriter who draws on the rich variety of music she grew up with in her home and community to create a highly personal and direct style of song writing. Following the release of her debut EP “Young Naïve Me” in 2019, Eve has […]
The newly established Forest Bathing West Cork, Cork co-op had earmarked March 21 for its launch event with inspirational guest speakers lined up including Bill Liao, Co-Founder of WeForest.org; Shirley Gleeson, Co- Founder of the Forest Therapy Institute in Ireland, and marine biologist/outdoor enthusiast Dr. Susan Steele. However the group […]
The National Foundation module in Critical Care Nursing is an online accelerated programme aimed at increasing the number of nurses available to provide critical care to patients with COVID-19 as well as to other patients who require intensive care. Professor Josephine Hegarty, Head of UCC’s School of Nursing and Midwifery said: “To effectively treat the number of anticipated patients […]
Based on guidance from the Department of Health, Cork County Council wishes to advise that public access to beaches, parks and other amenity spaces (with the exception of playgrounds) remain open at present. Chief Executive of Cork County Council, Tim Lucey explains “In response to the current situation and the […]