To all our readers, advertisers and supporters in West Cork I hope you and your families are all ok. These are difficult times for all of us but it is times like this that West Cork’s community spirit is never more apparent. We’ve had to make the difficult decision to […]
January and February are done and dusted, the two months of the year that most people are very glad to see the back of for one reason or another. Magnificent March is upon us, this is my favourite month and not only because it’s my birthday month but also because […]
As a new gardening season starts, I thought it would be interesting to have a look at just how sustainable gardening and the plant growing industry is. With the current issues of global warming, use of fossil fuels and plastic, I feel it is up to us all to question […]
I had hoped that by now I would be writing about how well my garden was looking, after I had cleaned it all up, mulched and prepared it for planting. However, given the atrocious weather we have endured for practically the whole of February, nothing much has changed. The ground […]
Gary plays with the Clonakilty Jazz Collective every Monday night in the Emmet Hotel in Clonakilty. It was my pleasure to interview Damien Dempsey before he comes to play West Cork. WCP: I was reading the liner notes to Ronnie Drew’s last album, ‘The Last Session A Fond Farewell’. The […]
Magic, music song and dance are coming to Bandon on March 14 as West Cork proves it’s got talent and lots of it! With an under 13s show at 1.30pm, and a seniors show kicking off at 8pm, Bandon’s GAA hall is set to be the equivalent of Carnegie hall. […]