The 2022 Castletownbere Darkness into Light event will take place on Saturday May 7th leaving the Beara Coast Hotel at 4.15am. The event will follow a new route this year, starting at the Beara Coast Hotel. Those participating are asked to park at the Bakery Square, and near the playground. The walk will leave from the Beara …
The Department of Children, Equality, Disability Integration and Youth and the Irish Red Cross has opened an online portal to allow members of the public to offer up accommodation to those fleeing the war in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion. Anyone who has accommodation on Bere Island they would like to make available can contact Bere Island …
15th March 2022 The latest Bere Island Sustainable Energy Community Newsletter is now available online. 24th January 2022 Free BER Report for your HomeThe Bere Island Sustainable Energy Committee (SEC) is offering free BER Reports to the first 10 residents who request this. A BER report is an energy improvement report for your home, highlighting where …
Thursday 17th February 2022 On the night of February 17th 1875, the Joseph Howe, a large three masted brigantine, was wrecked on precipitous cliffs on the south side of Bere Island. The ship was bound for Cork carrying a cargo of mahogany from Mexico. On that February evening in 1875, as the sun set on the horizon, …
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 …
Bere Island Projects Group have been accepted onto the Heritage Keepers initiative which is a free programme for communities that will enable them to work together to explore the built, natural, and cultural heritage of their local place and then plan action or actions to enhance their place. Heritage Keepers is run by Burrenbeo Trust …
Bere Island Projects Group CLG would like to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and good wishes for a healthy and happy New Year. The Bere Island Christmas Newsletter 2021 is now on sale from Murphys Shop, Rerrin and SuperValu, Castletownbere. Don’t forget to tune into our Christmas special on Bere Island Community Radio on …
The 2021 Bere Island Christmas Newsletter is now on sale from Murphys Shop, Bere Island and SuperValu, Castletownbere, priced €5. The newsletter is produced by Bere Island Projects Group who would like to extend their thanks to all those who contributed to it.
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.
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 …
