“You don’t find love, it finds you…” Love found Peter Fitzpatrick and Aleks Bartus-Winiarska in a playground in Clonakilty when two halves – one Irish origin, one Polish – suddenly joined together to make a whole. Both came from broken relationships; both had children; both shared a love of craft […]
Health & Lifestyle
If living a simpler life in a smaller more flexible space without the burden of a €300,000-plus mortgage sounds attractive, then Big Man Tiny Homes could be the construction company for you. With the current housing crisis, Irish attitudes to house building are changing; people are looking for smarter, more […]
The Clonakilty Fairtrade group is looking forward to Fairtrade fortnight, which will run this year from February 24 to March 8. ‘IChooseFairtrade – SheDeservesBetter!’ is the worldwide mantra for this Fairtrade fortnight, with a strong focus on cocoa, and especially on the particular role that women farmers play in the […]
Local couple Jason Fleming and Síle Burns talk to West Cork People about building their family home on a site on Jason’s family farm looking out over the stunning Dunworley Bay in Butlerstown. Síle works as a physiotherapist with the HSE in Skibbereen and Rosscarbery and Jason works as a […]
Before choosing a type of hedge, you must first look at why you want the hedge and what you need it to do. After that you need to look at practical considerations like site and soil. Mattie Keane of Future Forests – where mixed hedging has long been a speciality […]
It feels good to be outside after the usual mid-winter overindulgence and I can find plenty to do on the rare fine day, but if I had the money and the room on my little patch, I would love a small greenhouse. A space to potter in not so fine […]
