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GARDEN YOUR WAY OUT OF THE CREDIT CRUNCHIf you are worried about the effects that the credit crunch, high oil prices and global warning might have on you and your household look no further than your garden for a solution. Green Matters is a new busi...
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Embrace the New Year!First of all I would like to wish you a very healthy and happy New Year!Beginnings are so seductive, aren’t they? What’s as intoxicating as a clean slate or a fresh calendar? Jazzed up and hopeful, you get rolling on that ...
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Know Your Rights QuestionIn the New Year I will start working part-time on a schedule that involves working one week on followed by one week off. A friend who job-shares has a similar schedule and was told that this could cause problems with his social in...
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The West Cork Enterprise Board is delighted to announce its 2009 Spring Meeting Schedule for the ‘Small Business’ Network and the ‘Women in Business’ Network. The schedule includes topics that address the current changing economic ...
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The Fusion Method is a dynamic new approach to life and business situationsin need of clarity and unlimited understanding. As well as being a HealingTechnique with the power to transform the physical body, the Fusion Methodis also an intuitive tool that c...
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Bantry Toastmasters As regular readers will know, at each Toastmasters’ meeting the Word Master chooses a word which speakers use, as often as possible, during the Topics session. The Word, chosen by Delia Tobin at one of our fortnightly meeti...
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Visit from Carmel Sommers Every Friday the children in the Special Needs classes plan and cook their own lunches. This involves drawing up a menu, buying the ingredients and cooking the food. Recently Good Things Café owner and che...
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Acapellabella – West Corks world music community choir had a busy period leading into the summer with their focus on Eastern European music. Visiting voice facilitator and performer, Lucia Commnes from California, with her richly cultural musical ba...
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Ardscoil Phobal Catherine Lynch, a student of Ardscoil Phobal Bheanntrai, sat her Leaving Certificate Exam last June and obtained an outstanding result of 560 points. As a result of that achievement she has been awarded an Entrance Scholarship to U....
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This was the 23rd year of the exhibition. It ran over 12 days and 1200 people came to see the art and 45 artists came to exhibit their work. The artists are charged a fee for exhibiting and no commission is charged to them. We were delig...
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Bantry Bay Lions are a non-profit organization. We are dedicated to giving back to our community and supporting those in need at home and abroad. We support our local community and provide assistance and financial support to various programs a...
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The lady volunteers would like to wish all their friends and supporters a Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year.We would also like to take this opportunity to thank people for their wonderful support throughout 2008 by donating clothes, bric-a-brac et...
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At the November Meeting the president thanked those who took part in the Regional Table Quiz and congratulated Ursula Kingston for acheiving 1st prize for her unusual jam. ...
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Over the last five years, serious work has been carried out around the shoreline of Bantry Bay to clean up rubbish that has been dumped, or that has washed up on the shore. The shoreline has been divided into eight areas, and each area h...
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The last month has just flew past for Caheragh Macra. Firstly over thirty Caheragh Macra enthusiasts headed off for the coast of Galway for the much anticipated Macra National Conference in Salthill. As the slogan said, ‘mark the date and bring a ma...
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Pianist David Syme, who has built a loyal following for his in-home concerts on the Ahabeg Road, will return for 5 events in December and January,He recently appeared at New York"s Carnegie Hall (November 3), as well as St. Louis and Plymouth, Michig...
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CHARITY SHOP DONATIONS IN 2008 The total donated in 2008 by the people of Bantry was €100,000. Congratulations and thanks to all our customers for their continued support in buying and donating everything we sell. The ladies in the shop g...
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On Thursday evening, October 30th,a tt he Bantry Bay Hotel, Professor Gerry O’Sullivan and Dr Declan Soden from the Cork Cancer Research Centre gave a very interesting overview presentation on the work of the Centre, showing some of their exciting c...
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With a festive dress code of Silver and White, Sally Fitzgerald’s West Cork School of Voice and her young singing stars dazzled the crowds last year with two Christmas concerts in Kealkil church. Demand for a third night that could not be met ...
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Friends for Friends is an evening filled with song, dance and poetry....or whatever you might like to offer!! Here is a place for performance by friends, for friends. Held at An Sanctoir, Ballydehob, 8pm on Sunday 7th December, this annual event has broug...
