The Westlodge Hotel, Bantry was the location for a jam packed audience to enjoy the Strictly Come Dancing Bantry Semi Final on March 7. The dancers put on a spectacular show and the atmosphere was electric. During the show 6th class pupils of St. Finbarr’s Boys’ National School Bantry performed an uplifting […]
Agri Aware is launching its popular Incredible Edibles primary school programme to families to participate in during the current period of school closures and social distancing on Monday, April 6th. Agri Aware is encouraging families to learn all about where food comes from and the importance of consumption of Irish fruit and vegetables, for […]
This particularly difficult time we are all facing poses additional challenges for autistic people COVID-19 has brought unpredictability and change of routine for everyone in our communities. At this strange and difficult time, autistic people and their families may be facing more even challenges than usual. Working in partnership AsIAm, […]
The Irish Wildlife Trust is calling on Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed and Minister for Heritage Josepha Madigan to do more to stop the annual scourge of wildfires on the hills. Wildfires are illegal at any time of year while even so-called ‘controlled burning’ is illegal during the bird nesting […]
Parent praises ‘amazing’ new initiative that allows her family to remotely check-in on her baby son amid COVID-19 visiting restrictions. Cork University Maternity Hospital, Ireland South Women and Infants Directorate have worked with the INFANT Research Centre at University College Cork to introduce a secure video messaging platform in the Neonatal Intensive […]
After graduating from her Masters in Public International Law at Utrecht University three years ago, Niamh O’Dwyer from West Cork decided to stay on in the Netherlands. She is now living and working in Amsterdam. Niamh recalls when the seriousness of the current situation really started to really sink in […]