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DAYS are getting longer, hopefully finer and warmer and CoAction is putting in place plans for their summer camps held in July.
One of the reasons the camps continue to be so successful is because CoAction have excellent volunteers assisting the staff carry out a wide range of activities. [Read more...]
IT’S that time of year when CoAction are putting in place plans for their Summer Camps held in July.
One of the reasons the camps continue to be so successful is because they have excellent volunteers assisting CoAction staff to carry out a wide range of activities.
by Raymond Ruttle
Secretary Skibbereen Youth Cafe Ltd.
FOR a number of years now Skibbereen Youth Cafe has been operating in the Town Hall.
THE West Cork Development Partnership will soon be opening a new Jobseekers Resource Centre in the Old Credit Union in Skibbereen.
Special needs helper
CoAction would like to hear from anyone in the Macroom / Inchigeela areas who would be available to assist a family with a special needs child in their own home on an “as needed” basis.
You may not be required every week and will get advance notice of when you are.
If you think you could be of assistance to this family contact the volunteer coordinator on 027 54027 / 50114 or e mail winnieosullivan@coaction.ie for further details.
Have you a festival or event planned for The Gathering 2013?
If you do the Skibbereen Chamber would like to hear from you!
DUNMANWAY Enterprise Network as part of their Christmas shopping in Dunmanway initiative are seeking ideas and volunteers from within the business community to capitalize on the momentum gained in 2011 as part of the ‘’Love Local’’ campaign.
Cancer connect is looking for volunteers.
CANCER Connect is a free and flexible transport service to Cork Hospitals, for people receiving cancer treatments.
There are two general services travelling to Cork daily; an eight-seater vehicle travels from Castletownbere through Bantry, Dunmanway, Enniskeane to CUH bringing passengers for radiotherapy treatment. [Read more...]
DUNMANWAY Boxing Club will be opening again in September thanks to a grant from Cork County Council and the Cork Sports Partnership.
The club are looking for volunteers to coach and support the club’s general activities. [Read more...]
ALLIHIES Copper Mine Museum (ACMM) has been granted funding from the Heritage Council of Ireland to carry out a survey of mining and industrial heritage in Allihies.
The relatively untouched, authentic post-industrial landscape around Allihies will be explored and documented. [Read more...]
by Marie Cahalane Presented as part of the Cultural Programme for Ireland’s current presidency of the European Union, The Poetry Project pays homage to Ireland’s artistic ingenuity … [More...]
WEST Cork's Graham Norton has bagged another Bafta scooping the 2013 award for best entertainment programme for The Graham Norton Show. The Bandon native was hosting the glittering awards … [More...]
by Brian Moore A PLAN to re-establish a community co-op in Durrus is taking … [Read More...]
by Sharon Murphy Caprese Salad, otherwise known as Tomato, Mozzarella and … [Read More...]
Americans love to eat, So do I, but what is it what makes their food so tasty ? First I need to … [Read More...]
A FINE Gael TD has expressed his frustration and disappointment at the failure to get answers in the … [Read More...]
?A safety initiative entitled “Light Up” will take place nationally on Wednesday 20th and … [Read More...]
CASTLETOWNBERE'S new state-of-the-art lifeboat … [Read More...]
THE Minister for the Marine, Simon Coveney TD has … [Read More...]
THE work of seven students in Macroom Youth Reach Centre for Education culminated in the creation of … [Read More...]
by Stephen Johnson THE Kenmare Family Centre has launched a new, low-cost counselling … [Read More...]
THE Tuosist Social History Group will launch their book and DVD "Lift the Latch: Tuosist" at the … [Read More...]
AT a recent ceremony at the Bandon Adult Learning … [Read More...]
JOIN The Bere Island Heritage Centre and the World … [Read More...]
THE Minister of State at the Department of Arts, … [Read More...]
THE U16 footballers were on top from the start against Drimoleague in an away league game last Thursday evening. Despite squandering an amount of chances, Skibb ran out winners 4-9 to 2-7 … [Read More...]
by Striker Now that the relegation battle is finally over, it makes interesting reading to work out just what it means, in financial terms of course, to the three teams that finally bit … [Read More...]
TAOISEACH Enda Kenny has offically launched a new walking trail which has been described as Ireland's answer to the famed “Camino de Santiago” in Spain. The Beara Breifne Way is a … [Read More...]
WEST Cork's Gougane Barra, Beara Peninsula and Kinsale have all made it on to the longlist in The Irish Times competition The Best Place to Holiday in Ireland. They are among 25 holiday … [Read More...]
