Bere Island Projects Group CLG will hold their AGM on Wednesday 9th November 2022 at 7.00pm The meeting will take place via Zoom conference call.. A link to register will be sent to all residents by text this week. Please click on the link and complete your details to register. Following this you will receive […]
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The West Cork Islands Community Council will hold their AGM on Friday November 4th at 12.30pm at the Island Cottage Gallery on Heir Island. Anyone who would like to attend is asked to register their intention by sending a text or email with AGM followed by your name and island to wcislandscommmunitycouncil@gmail.com or to 086 2922101 or by
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In April of this year Minister Heather Humphreys announced a new funding stream for the improvement and refurbishment of existing community centres in both urban and rural areas. There have been over 20 successful applicants for Cork South West under Category 1 of the scheme which covers small scale projects up to €25,000. Under this scheme Bere
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Manual Handling Course and Abrasive Wheel Course – Tuesday 6th DecemberA manual handling course and an abrasive wheel course will be held on Bere Island on Tuesday December 6th starting at 10am. Each course is 2 hors in duration and costs 30 euro per course, if participants do both courses the cost is 50 in total. Booking
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To celebrate Culture Night 2022 Bere Island Community Radio will hold a Scriocht on Friday 23rd September from 7.00pm to 9.00pm Desy’s Bar, Rerrin. John Green from C103FM will be MC for the night and refreshments will be available. All are welcome to come along and share their songs and stories. For further information contact
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Smart Villages concepts are a huge part of the next LEADER Programme 2023-2027 online training sessions are being held to assist communities in preparing a Smart Village Plan. The dates for the Cork islands will be as follows:22nd September6th October20th October3rd November17th November1st December The curriculum consists of six x 2-hour modules which guides participants
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Bere Island Projects Group will be publishing the annual Christmas Newsletter for 2022 and are looking for your contributions. We welcome all submissions of family news or photographs from the past year. Tributes to loved ones who have passed away in the last year, stories of past Christmases on Bere Island, poetry, short stories –
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Please note the Bere Island Projects Group Office will be closed from Tuesday 2nd to Friday 5th August, reopening on Monday 8th August.
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Paula Larkin has very kindly installed a free children’s lending library outside her house in Rerrin. Children are welcome to help themselves to a book and to donate any book they have finished with so that other children can enjoy it. There’s also a small number of adult books in the library. Paula has installed
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Bere Island Community Radio have produced a series of podcasts on behalf of the EU Clean Energy Secretariat. The Clean energy for EU islands secretariat, an initiative of the European Commission, is the central platform for the clean energy transition of the more than 2,200 inhabited European islands. Despite having access to renewable sources of energy,
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