Rapidly growing West Cork Distillers, which was set up by local Union Hall ex-trawlermen and who now export to over 35 countries, have paid c€1.5 million for a former fish-processing plant on Skibbereen’s Marsh Road to allow them to continue their spirit-based business growth trajectory.

WITH Finance Minister Noonan’s tax changes yet to come, the cuts in expenditure announced on Monday last by Minister Howlin will have a negative effect on all families, especially those who were already struggling to make ends meet.

PERHAPS the following quotations are now as relevant as when they were originally written:-