Ó Bhéal to warm the winter with eclectic poetry event from Cork and beyond 

The Winter Warmers festival has had to move online this weekend, but that has given organisers an opportunity to cast their net wide for an impressive range of contributors 

Paul Casey, one of the organisers of the  Ó Bhéal Winter Warmers event. 

Despite the Covid restrictions, the Ó Bhéal Winter Warmers poetry festival goes ahead in Cork this weekend, with all events taking place online.

Even without the arrival of the virus, 2020 was a year of change for the weekly gathering previously held in the Long Valley bar. After 14 years, they were already preparing to wind down to a monthly fixture, with the last one happening in March, the week of the first lockdown.