There is a lovely stretch now both morning and evening. There are visible signs that the gardening season is kicking off – birds pairing up, buds on trees and shrubs, spring bulbs out in full force. This is the busiest month of the year so if I fall behind now, […]
While planting some fruit trees in my garden last week, I came across lots of big juicy worms. This got me thinking about one of the most productive workers of the soil food web and I decided to learn more…and it turns out there’s lots to learn about these amazing […]
Opening on Saturday, March 9 at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre are ‘The Hawk and the House’ by Anne Ffrench and Julia Pallone and ‘Light Keepers’ by Geraldine O’Sullivan, two exciting exhibitions by artists who live in Cork County. The exhibitions will be opened at 3pm by writer and critic […]
West Cork Chamber Music and Literary Festival and A Taste of West Cork are two of six Cork festivals to benefit from €194,000 in Fáilte Ireland funding announced by The Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin TD. As part of the tourism development authority’s efforts to use […]
Its official…Atlantic Radio Ireland has begun its latest venture. From this month, Atlantic Radio Ireland is launching online as www.westcorkfm.ie. Why the domain name change? Kieran Doyle fills us in. In short, in the coming months, as well as being an internet station, we will also be broadcasting as WestCork […]
I have often said on these pages that colour is so important when choosing a new car. In December I met a colleague who was driving a new, but dirty-looking black Audi A6. It could have done with a wash after a few days driving on wet country roads. Then last […]