Starting to grow fruit sounds daunting, but fruit-growing is less demanding than growing vegetables or annual flowers, and most soft fruit is really easy, as Deborah Ballard, Future Forests explains – especially now that so many of us have the time to work in the garden. If you have the […]
The Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) has welcomed the announcement by the government that credit unions are considered an ‘essential retail outlet’ in the ongoing fight against COVID-19. This comes on the back of Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe publicly acknowledging the extensive work that has been ongoing across […]
President Thomas Duffy has welcomed the decision by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine allowing flexibility for young Irish farmers who have applied for the Young Farmers Scheme and TAMS to arrange inspection interviews over the phone instead of in person interviews. The Department has confirmed that required […]
Glandore, Ireland’s longest serving and leading provider of serviced offices and coworking spaces, share helpful advice for those trying to juggle working from home whilst keeping their children occupied Covid-19; a phrase that wasn’t very familiar to us just one month ago but now, it is consuming our daily lives in way that we never could have imagined. As a result, a vast number of people in Ireland are now forced to work from home, which can be a challenge when it’s not your normal […]
Jacques Brennan is the author of ‘Hungry Soul – How to Cook 100 per cent Vegan’ and is a frequent collaborator with the West Cork arts and health organisation MusicAlive. He is also a guest food artist for World Mental Health Day events at 49 North Street in Skibbereen…and occasional […]
In view of the high level of uncertainty about the Coronavirus pandemic, West Cork Music is suspending on-line bookings for the West Cork Chamber Music Festival and the West Cork Literary Festival workshops. The West Cork Music office is now closed and the Festival teams are all working from home. […]