Volunteers are being sought to support Men’s Sheds in parts of Co Cork in a bid to effectively treble the level of support for the movement locally.

A crisis meeting of Men’s Sheds in West Cork will take place next month to discuss why several have closed down and others face an uncertain future.

Blanket assumptions of predestined roles to be assumed by the sexes have bedevilled the human species.

Men’s Sheds are providing a haven for Irish men who want to work on projects at their own pace, writes Margaret Carragher.