Organisation: Ballyhoura Development

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

general

Turning the community green: How groups can help their areas save while contributing to national energy targets

With an ever-increasing focus on the need for green energy and sustainability in how we live our lives, I have written numerous times about initiatives to help individuals and families protect the environment.

business

Lady Gaga’s hat designer among the back-to-work scheme winners

farming

Cork County Mayor welcomes LEADER programme

farming

North Cork LEADER launch

business

New purpose-built community that people with dementia can call home

news

Threat to jobs which aid rural development in Cork as funds from central government delayed

Ambitions to develop Doneraile attraction

A voluntary group which engineered a huge increase in visitor numbers to Doneraile Park does not intend to sit on its laurels.

Mon, 20 Jul, 2015

Rural voluntarism ‘devastated’ by cuts to Leader funding

Voluntarism in rural communities has been decimated by government cuts to the Leader budget, says Jack Roche, an ex-president of the European Leader Network.

Mon, 13 Apr, 2015

Cork gets 6.3% of LEADER

LEADER funds for rural development have been cut more in Cork than any other county, according to the Ballyhoura Development group.

Thu, 26 Mar, 2015

O’Sullivan Bere trail is Ireland's Camino

IT WAS daunting. The assembly of a 500km route over mountains, bogland, fields, across rivers and through towns and villages took years.

Thu, 03 Oct, 2013

€4m plea for gardens at stately home

A development group is hoping to get €4m funding to do up three unique gardens at a stately home in North Cork.

Mon, 19 Aug, 2013

As one presidential clan departs, another arrives to mark JFK’s roots

As Ireland said farewell to the Obamas, a Co Limerick town was yesterday making final preparations to welcome the Kennedy clan.

Wed, 19 Jun, 2013

Just how Mamma used to make it

THE snack that Clotilde Fitzgibbon missed most when she came to Ireland in 1990 was the fruit compóte her mother used to make and serve to her family in France.

Mon, 13 May, 2013

Inspector overrides objections to give windfarm green light

Permission has been granted for a large windfarm on the Cork-Limerick border which will be run by ESB Wind Development.

Fri, 08 Mar, 2013

Fruit juice is big business

WHAT have apple trees, the Celtic Tiger, James Joyce, and innovative food products got in common?

Mon, 04 Mar, 2013

Enterprise centre offers networking space for businesses

A new enterprise centre will open in a north Cork town this week as part of a county-wide initiative to support start-up businesses.

Mon, 11 Jun, 2012

Seven companies join forces to launch umbrella brand Ballyhoura

Seven neighbouring food companies in north Cork and east Limerick have boosted their business by launching the umbrella brand A Taste of Ballyhoura Country.

Sat, 12 May, 2012

Gaeltacht aid scheme taken over

Rural development grant aid in Gaeltacht areas is to be taken over by neighbouring local development companies, following the liquidation last September of Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta (MFG).

Thu, 22 Mar, 2012

Historic park set for revamp to boost tourism

THE Office of Public Works (OPW) is set to carry out €500,000 of restoration work on a park in north Cork in a bid to increase visitor numbers to 300,000 per year within the next five years.

Tue, 08 Nov, 2011

Town aims to be antiques capital

A TOWN steeped in heritage aims to become the country’s antiques capital.

Tue, 08 Nov, 2011

Community to assume responsibility for heritage centre

TO mark Heritage Week, a local community in Co Limerick will from now on take responsibility for managing one of the country’s most important archaeological locations.

Tue, 23 Aug, 2011

Sunderland fans to tog out in support of suicide prevention group

A MOTHER who lost her eldest son through suicide has praised soccer-mad Sunderland supporters for helping her suicide prevention group.

Mon, 12 Jul, 2010

Rural development programme is performing well despite the delays

THE rural development programme which got under way last February is performing well and will achieve its overall targets, despite delays, according to Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Minister Éamon Ó Cuív.

Thu, 03 Dec, 2009

500 calls made to HSE helpline that targets farmers and rural dwellers

A TOTAL of 500 calls were made between January and November last year to a Health Service Executive helpline targeted specifically at farmers and people who live in rural areas of Cork and Kerry.

Tue, 13 Jan, 2009

New daily commuter line comes up roses

NEWLY crowned Rose of Tralee Aoife Kelly yesterday stood on the platform of Nenagh railway station to see off the launch of a new daily commuter train service to Limerick.

Tue, 02 Sep, 2008

Farm helpline under evaluation

A FARM and rural helpline operated by the Health Service Executive South (Cork and Kerry) is receiving an average of 325 calls annually, according to preliminary findings of an evaluation of the service currently being conducted.

Thu, 05 Jun, 2008

Centre cheers decades saving donkeys

A MISSION of loving care for the humble donkey was celebrated with a special anniversary in Liscarroll, Co Cork, yesterday.

Thu, 02 Aug, 2007

First food hall for Charleville Show

THE two-day Charleville Show today and tomorrow will for the first time host a food hall, featuring local producers and farmers’ markets.

Sat, 23 Jun, 2007

Islanders unite for new tourism branding venture

ISLANDERS off Cork are planning a sea change in their attitude to the development and promotion of tourism.

Tue, 30 Nov, 2004

Villages to beam in broadband

THREE Co Limerick villages are on course to surge ahead in the race to go broadband on the internet.

Thu, 18 Nov, 2004

New helpline will be a confidential outlet for farmers and rural dwellers

STRESSED out, depressed and lonely farmers will have an outlet for their grief with the opening today of a new confidential helpline.

Tue, 09 Nov, 2004