Rural Life
One-off rural housing 'still best option for many people' - TD
Building a one-off home “is still the best option for many people from rural communities who are struggling to get...
west Cork
Rural Life
Hairy Henry care farm helps retired farmers to reconnect with animals
Retired farmers in a number of nursing units in community hospitals in West Cork have enjoyed the opportunity to reconnect...
Rural Life
West Cork families provide farming workshops to school kids
Four West Cork dairy farming households recently devised a pilot programme that brought schools and local farms together in a...
Dairy
Carbery increases base milk price for December by 1c/L
Carbery has increased its base milk price for December by 1c/L it confirmed today (Friday, January 19). The west Cork-based...
Rural Life
Consultant appointed for first phase of West Cork Greenway
Cork County Council has announced the appointment of consultant AECOM-ROD Alliance as technical advisors to progress the first phase of...
Rural Life
Thousands attend Drinagh Co-Op centenary celebrations
Over 3,000 people attended two open days as part of the Drinagh Co-Op centenary year celebrations at its headquarters in...
Rural Life
Focus: West Cork AI technician - 'going abroad... for 30 mins'
An artificial insemination (AI) technician with Munster Bovine, Connie O’Driscoll provides a unique service for farmers in Co. Cork. While...
Dairy News
2023 - a special year for Drinagh
For Drinagh, the year 2023 will be a very special one as the west Cork based co-op celebrates its centenary....
Property
'Lovely 17.5ac lakeside holding' for sale in west Cork
What the agent hails as a “lovely lakeside smallholding” of 17.5ac just outside Dunmanway in the heart of west Cork,...
Rural Life
Rural dwellers must conserve water as hosepipe ban announced
Many farmers and rural communities across west Co. Cork must leave their hoses off and take shorter showers for the...
Environment
TD Holly Cairns and her mother are farming for nature
Social Democrats’ Cork South-West TD Holly Cairns and her mother, Madeline McKeever, are now part of Farming for Nature’s growing...
Rural Life
'More could be done to help landless young farmers in leasing'
A west Cork dairy farmer, who has achieved his ambition to get into dairy farming by leasing land, would like...
Rural Life
Cold callers who pressurised woman to buy generators and chainsaws jailed
Two “cold callers” appeared before the courts and have been handed jail terms for pressurising an elderly woman into paying...
Property
Price tag: 73ac farm in west Cork guiding at €3,424/ac
If you’re on the lookout for a property in west Cork, then, Lehanes and Associates has a 73ac farm on...
Rural Life
Sinkhole opens on rural roadside prompting safety concerns
A large sinkhole has opened up on the side of a local road near a village in west Co. Cork,...
Rural Life
Financial pressure piles on stress for farming women
61% of the 200-plus women involved in agriculture in west Cork, who took part in a survey by Skibbereen and...
Agri-Business
Cork credit union opens 'unprecedented' fodder scheme
Skibbereen and Bandon Credit Union has announced the opening of a new ACRE fodder scheme which aims to alleviate pressures...
Rural Life
West Cork farm tours lead the way
A group of farmers and hoteliers in west Cork have joined forces to give tourists an insight into Irish farming...