At a packed meeting on Thursday, May 16, 2019, local election candidates met people from Skibbereen and the surrounding area to discuss ‘The Future of Skibbereen’. Fiona Hayes reports. Through the evening it became clear that people are concerned not just about Skibbereen but also about the future of West […]

Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s seafood development agency, is returning to Bloom this weekend with a marine garden that highlights the need to protect our marine environment against plastic waste. The concept garden, supported by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, resembles a giant rockpool and has a fishing net […]

Mags O’Riordan Bumblebee Flower Farm Coming off the end of National Biodiversity week here in Ireland I thought I’d continue the discussion, as it’s an ongoing crisis. Some disturbing news in the recent IPEBS report had some very sobering statistics. One million species about to become extinct and if we […]

Pat Kane, the founder at reuzi, a one-stop shop for minimal waste lifestyle, tells us how, at reuzi, they go to great lengths to offer only eco-friendly products that are safe, high quality and ethically sourced. When I founded reuzi my main goal was to do the legwork in researching, […]

Allison Roberts of Clonakilty Chocolate and Exploding Tree has been interested in the environment and how we impact upon it from an early age. “I’m not entirely sure why, but perhaps it’s as a result of a Canadian kids’ magazine called OWL and the cartoons ‘The Smoggies’ and ‘Captain Planet’. […]