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The language of weddings

Louise O'Dwyer September, 2019

Weddings seem to have a language of their own now and it is no longer the ‘norm’ to have a church ceremony with a three course meal. Change is ALWAYS a wonderful thing! Now a wedding invite requires a little more scrutiny than before, as there are a variety of […]

Let’s have a tomato party

Karen Austin September, 2019

The time we have been waiting for all summer has arrived. The tomatoes have ripened and we are enjoying them with nearly everything. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. We grew 15 varieties of tomatoes this year, all selected for their flavour rather than prolific production or uniform size. The names are […]

Environment

Twig in the community – helping to make change

WCP Staff September, 2019

One year on from opening its doors and Cork’s first minimal waste store Twig-Refill is slowly but surely helping to change the way we think and shop. Plastic, packaging and waste have become ‘dirty’ words with the climate crisis facing our planet. This shift in thinking and move away from […]

Environmental activist Patsy Puttnam at home in West Cork

Mary O'Brien September, 2019

Patsy Puttnam speaks to West Cork People about her passion for the environment and trying to save it, her love of West Cork and her sadness at what her country of birth with Brexit is doing to her adopted country. In 1988 Patsy Puttnam got her first glimpse of Skibbereen. […]

Features

A West Cork Farm Life: Adrian Buckley, Knockgorm, Drimoleague

Mary O'Brien September, 2019

The farm: I help out my father on the farm along with my two brothers. We have 40 acres on the home farm and another 20 acres rented in an outside block. We keep 40 autumn calving suckler cows. I also work as an Ag-consultant with Owen O’Driscoll and associates […]

The man in the overalls will be king yet

Tommy Moyles September, 2019

August 2019 will be remembered as a tumultuous month in the annals of Irish beef history. A series of protests outside beef factories brought production to a standstill at a number of plants throughout the country, the ABP plant in Bandon included. Indeed the site at Kilbrogan was where the […]

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