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Persia to Iran: The shaping of modern Iran (Part II)

Kieran Doyle August, 2025

In 1935, Reza Shah, the self-imposed leader of Persia, renamed his country Iran. It had endured in some shape or form as Persia for over two and a half millennia. To understand modern Iran, it has to be framed by the influence of Reza Pahlavi and his son Mohammad who […]

INTERVIEWS

Jumping into life

Mary O'Brien August, 2025

If “Boldness be my friend” then Swedish native and blow-in to West Cork, Katarina Runske, 60, will surely never be lonely. One of West Cork’s most enduring entrepreneurs, who moved to Durrus from Stockholm as a young, single mother in 1989, Katarina has certainly never been shy of taking a […]

Health & Lifestyle

Saving our soul

Tina Pisco August, 2025

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Oh my, my, my July! (Thank you, Mundy,…) High summer is when we hit peak West Cork. Other times of the year are delightful, but high summer, with its extra nine hours of daylight (compared to December) is what the hype […]

Cork pole vaulter clears personal best at European Championships

Niamh Coughlan July, 2025

Irish pole vaulter and sports scholarship athlete from Cork, Conor Callinan, who represented Ireland at the European Team Championships in Maribor, Slovenia at the end of June, celebrated the best result of his career to date at the Championships, clearing 4.90 metres in the pole vault. The talented pole vaulter […]

Taking the long view of renting versus buying a house in Ireland

WCP Staff July, 2025

Veronica Daly is the Proprietary Director of Moneytree Finance, which she runs with her husband Con. With over 20 years’ experience as a mortgage broker, Veronica runs the mortgage department of the company. Not for the first time in recent years, the price of renting in Ireland is in the […]

Culture

The different voices of Jack Lukeman

Moze Jacobs July, 2025

There is no doubt whatsoever: Jack Lukeman aka Jack L has a great voice. It straddles four octaves and operates in a variety of keys, acrobatically. “One of the most distinctive and recognisable voices in Irish music over the past 20-odd years,” is how he is introduced at the start […]

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