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A West Cork Farming Life: Joseph O’Sullivan, Brookpark Veterinary Clinic, Dunmanway

WCP Staff March, 2020

Where was your first veterinary work? I qualified in 2015 from UCD and I went straight to Canada. Myself and a friend from Westmeath went to mixed animal vets about an hour outside Vancouver. There they had designated large animal and two small practices. l worked three days large and two […]

Come on spring

Tommy Moyles March, 2020

At least it’s only February. I’ve said this phrase countless times over the last few weeks to console myself when there appears to be no let-up in the wind and rain. I’d much rather it now than in April, that’s for sure. With little respite from the incessant rain and gales, […]

Farming

Saving farmer’s time with measured approach to grass

WCP Staff March, 2020

Under new regulations announced in February, derogation farmers will either have to train in grass measurement or hire a trained specialist to carry out at least 20 farm walks a year to calculate grass covers. The timing couldn’t be better for Innishannon native Tim Casey, who recently left his job […]

Obtain a yield

Allison Roberts March, 2020

The permacultural momentum is gaining, spring is in the air and fresh ideas are bubbling out of hibernation, but before I move onto our next principal ‘Obtain a Yield’, I want to share last month’s progress. Over the last month I have been chatting to everyone and anyone about the […]

Grounded – Living in the Old Testament?

Grace O'Sullivan March, 2020

By Grace O’Sullivan – Mother, Peace and Environment Activist, Ecologist, MEP. I’m in Ireland for a few days for what’s known in the European Parliament as a ‘constituency week’. This is where, about every couple of months, MEPs are given the option of returning to their home bases to carry […]

Environment

From little seeds grow mighty trees

WCP Staff March, 2020

by Michael O’Neill, Mayor of Clonakilty February was a month where the climate was never far from our attention here in West Cork. Firstly we had the political climate reach its height with an exciting election. Then we had one storm after another roll in off the Atlantic. It seemed […]

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