BY HELEN RIDDELL BERE Island Projects Group and the Cork Ogham Project will benefit from €93,309 of funding announced under Cork county heritage and commemorations grant schemes. Bere Island Projects Group will hold a military heritage festival on the island later this year w
SEVEN ‘unsung local heroes’ from across Cork have been unveiled among the more than 130 county finalists from across the country in the 2023 National Lottery ‘Good Causes’ awards.
BY HELEN RIDDELL A VISIT to West Cork by European local action groups from Macedonia and Finland included an overnight stay on Bere Island where they met with community groups and visited a number of local businesses and heritage sites. The visit was hosted by the Irish islan
<p class='p1'><span class='s1'>A former WWI battery on Bere Island has the potential to become a major visitor attraction, writes <strong>Helen Riddell</strong></span></p>