Cybersecurity experts urged Congress to avoid a government shutdown on Oct. 1 - the start of the new federal fiscal year - telling a House panel that a lapse would
IF, like me, you did not make it out of the country for a ‘foreign holiday’ this summer, then feel free to join me in celebrating the common lizard. Somehow, seeing this lizard brings a sense of the exotic and you can imagine for a moment you are in a different climate altog
WALKERS can expect a ‘lovely mix of local history, folklore and wildlife’, at the seventh annual Skibbereen Walking Festival. These are the words of Conor Buckley, who will lead the Toe Head hike – one of the eight guided trails on offer as part of the festival which will
BY ANN HAIGHLIVING in West Cork, we are incredibly fortunate that we can head to a beach for a swim.Unfortunately, the dread of a jellyfish sting tends to strike fear into the hearts of many over the summer months. As the saying goes, the fear of the unknown is the worst fear o
THE significance of tokens recently presented to Coast Guard volunteers dates back 200 years to a time when a horse-drawn apparatus was used to save peoples’ lives. Presentations were made recently to members of Toe Head - Glandore Coast Guard Unit to mark the 200th anniversa