West Cork Tourism Co-Operative Society Limited, which was formed for the purpose of relaunching the Cork-Swansea Ferry route, is pleased to announce the purchase of cruiseferry, the Julia, for €7.8 million. The Julia, which will operate under the Fastnet Line brand, will arrive in Cork in the coming weeks to proclaim the dawn of a new era for tourism the South West region of Ireland. Fastnet Line Limited is a 100% wholly owned subsidiary of West Cork Tourism Co-Op. The Fastnet Line brand takes it’s name from the iconic Fastnet Rock, an outcrop south of West Cork that has been a beacon for ships for hundereds of years.
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The annual “A Taste of West Cork” food festival takes place this month in Skibbereen in West Cork.
At myguideIreland we are proud to support this showcase of produce from Ireland’s most famous food producing region.
This year’s festival takes place from September 14th to 20th…..Read more here
SAREN, the Skibbereen And Region Economic Network, has today launched a petition asking UTV-Media to reverse its decision to scrap the West Cork Today program presented by David Young on its C103 station.
Being based in Skibbereen in West Cork we have seen the importance of this vital piece of social infrastructure first hand in the past few months.
There are two key communications resources that really matter in West Cork and ‘West Cork today’ is one of them along with the Southern Star. Two initiatives that I have watched closely in the past months have been the launch of SAREN and the creation of the West Cork Tourism Co-Operative Ltd to buy a ferry and relaunch the Cork-Swansea Ferry.
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While the Greenpeace ship, Esperanza, and Australian surveillance ships track the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean in an effort to stop them killing minke whales and fin whales, they plan to kill 900 minke whales and 50 fin whales by mid April, the whales and other marine life off the Irish coast are thankfully under no such threat.
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Clare O Leary from Bandon, West Cork, Ireland made history on January 8 by becoming the first Irish woman to trek to the South Pole in a four-person “Beyond Endurance” expedition team lead by Pat Falvey from Cork. Claire who works as a consultant in Tipperary General Hospital, Clonmel is one of the worlds leading female adventurers and high altitude climbers. She is the first Irish female to climb Mt Everest and also the first Irish female (15th female worldwide) to complete the Seven summits. Walking to the South Pole and Beyond involved travelling a distance of over 1100km with each team member hauling a sledge weighing in excess of 150kg. myguideIreland is proud of of this fantastic achievement by the “Beyond Endurance” team. Congratulations!
