The Bere Island Festival 2023 will run from August 5th to 13th with events to suit all the family. The Festival Committee are look for volunteers to help out at some events during the week. You only need to help at one event. Anyone who is able to give some time is asked to contact […]
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Creative Places: West Cork Islands’ has been launched by Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Gillian Coughlan at Whiddy Island Community Centre. Forming part of the Arts Council’s Creative Places programme 2021-2024, the programme will see Cork County Council lead a consortium of local arts and development agencies that inclues Bere Island Projects Group, Sherkin Island Development
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University College Cork (UCC) is conducting a study on Housing and Sustaining Communities on the West Cork Islands in collaboration with the Bere Island Projects Group, Comharchumann Chléire Teoranta, Comhar na nOileán CTR and the SICAP programme, Comhdháil Oileáin na hÉireann, Sherkin Island Development Society, and the West Cork Development Partnership. The study is funded
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The Bere Island Festive Farmers Market will be held on Sunday November 28th from 12pm to 2pm at the Hotel. Ferries will leave Castletownbere at 11.30am and 12.30pm, with transport available to and from the Hotel. The return ferry is at 2pm.
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Bere Island have been announced as the winners of the Islands’ Award in the 2021 SuperValu Tidy Towns Competition. It’s the thirteenth consecutive year Bere Island have won the competition. The island scored an impressive points out of a maximum of 470. Bere Island’s entry to the annual competition is overseen by the Bere Island Tourism and
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Bere Island, are one of seven island communities in West Cork who are set to benefit from a three-year €450,000 programme to develop and sustain new creative opportunities for all age groups, through the Arts Council’s ‘Creative Places Programme’. ‘The Creative Places, West Cork Islands’ programme is an innovative development and community engagement project that
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