ISME, The Irish SME association and Griffith College, the independent third-level institution based in Dublin, Cork and Limerick, are partnering to support Ireland’s small and medium business sector in response to the COVID19 Crisis. Commencing on 6th April and facilitated by Griffith College’s Graduate Business School, industry experts will lead a […]
GROUNDEDAn occasional column by Grace O’Sullivan – mother, ecologist, environment and peace activist, MEP. These are distressing and unsettling times and we are witnessing a new world evolving in tragic circumstances. As we continue in our national efforts at containing the spread of Covid-19, people are being asked to make […]
Local community organisation, Dúchas Clonakilty Heritage, has recently put the full contents of their two sell-out ‘Historical and Archaeological Journals’, (published 2015 and 2017), on their website. The idea was mooted at a recent online meeting of it’s executive committee where it was suggested that many people isolating because of […]
Following an intense series of discussions between ICOS and the Department of Agriculture, Food and The Marine, ICOS has welcomed confirmation from the Department that marts will be allowed to handle livestock trading in a limited way. This will alleviate the current economic burden on farmers seeking to trade animals and […]
The deadline for applications to the Sustainable Cork Fund has been extended until Friday, April 17, 2020 at 5pm. to allow for projects to put their best application forward and alleviate pressures that COVID-19 is causing. The Sustainable Cork Fund is a €200,000 Fund created by Social Innovation Fund Ireland (SIFI) […]
It is 11 o’clock on Saturday morning. I am sitting on the sofa in my pajamas and dressing gown, knitting and watching Ru Paul’s Drag Race. Outside it is cold and grey with a fierce wind blowing from the North. I have no plans for the day except to not […]