Bid to set up co-op shop in Courtmacsherry

The take-up of shares at a public meeting in West Cork this week will determine if the region’s first community shop can be established.

The meeting in Courtmacsherry will be an opportunity for people to buy shares in a proposed, new retail outlet in the village, at €50 a block.

“Until we sell enough shares to open the doors, we can’t open the doors,” said local man, Dara Gannon, a member of the organising committee.