It’s estimated that between 9,000 and 11,000 people sustain a traumatic brain injury annually in Ireland with a further 8,000 being diagnosed with a stroke. Every brain injury is different. Every person has his or her own story to tell. Cathy McCarthy from Ring in Clonakilty shares her story with […]
Stone carvers and dry stone walling experts from around the world will gather on the Sheep’s Head peninsula to share their skills at the West Cork Stone Symposium this spring. The symposium, taking place from March 22–24 in Durrus, will be a hands-on, creative celebration of stonecraft and its place […]
Well listeners, I hope you have had a chance to tune into www.westcorkfm.ie. It might take some time to get into the new format, but our schedule now runs Saturday and Sundays. The ‘History Show’ will now feature on Saturdays at 6:30pm. Once again, if you want to hear any […]
Durrus FC were recently crowned First Division league champions after they enjoyed a brilliant season competing in the West Cork Soccer League. This title success represents the first time in their history they have secured league championship glory. John Bohane catches up with their former player-turned-coaching-supremo Tadhg O’Sullivan who managed […]
The scale of loss in World Wat One, as well as the brutality of it, are almost incalculable. To try and articulate the misery it caused to its victims, would simply do the effects an injustice. The volume of casualties, the cannon-fodder tactics and the extreme harshness of the conditions […]
This month’s recipe comes from Cuba, it’s not exactly a culinary hotspot but the music is wonderful. Sitting in the Caribbean, this fiercely independent island is big – more than one thousand kms long and more or less one hundred and fifty kms wide, surrounded by picture postcard sea which […]