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MUNSTER FARMER: Bringing home the bacon
OVER 200 catering students from nine Institute of Technology Colleges nationwide participated in training days which recently took place in Athlone IT, Bord Bia's Foodcentre, Dublin and IT Tralee.
The bug is back
ON PAPER, at least, the current incarnation of Volkswagen's Beetle has little in common with Dr Porsche's original air-cooled people's car, being a Golf MKIV in everything but name and shape.
PROPERTY: House has three other buildings
A SPACIOUS five bedroom residence which is just three miles from Cullen village is on the market for €180,000. The accommodation includes a sitting room, two bathrooms, front porch and staire stairs to the attic, which is floored for storage.
COMMENT: Planning hearing raises questions for co council
THE Bord Pleanala oral hearing, which concluded this week, into a proposed development in Glanmire raises important questions about the role taken by Cork County Council in the planning process.
LIFE SKILLS: Mothers need to look after themselves
T HIS Sunday 14th March celebrates Mother's Day. What are you planning to do to acknowledge and appreciate the 'mother' in your life?
I'm speaking up for Transition Year
ASKED what could best describe Transition Year ... it would fall into the category of being unique. This is a year considered by some as being a 'doss' but while its main focus is not academic it's jam packed with practical life skills. Public speaking is a great experience, as you grow in self-confidence and learn to speak in front of a crowd.
MUNSTER FARMER: Environment Shock rise in number of scheme a farm deaths this year waste of time
THE new Agri Environment Scheme comes as a big disappointment to farmers who will pay more than it's worth to be in the scheme, according to ICSA president Gabriel Gilmartin.
Get into the habit of living for the better
HOW many habits are you consciously aware of that no longer support moving you forward in achieving more, in being more?
COMMENT: Referendum on rights of children to be welcomed
IN the vast majority of cases, parents do make the correct choices for their children — the adage of 'parents know best' certainly rings true for countless children in this state.
PROPERTY: Building industry calls for national register of house prices
THE Construction Industry Federation (CIF) has called for the establishment of a national register of house prices following the cancellation of the monthly ESRI/Permanent TSB House Price Index.
Inside Lifestyle
- COMMENT: Unfair disparity in retirement ages
- Here's privacy and comfort
- Four-bed Mallow house has been kept in excellent condition
- Rents fall 25% in two years
- Competition is the best way to cut the cost of disposing of dead animals
- 'Milk quota giveaway is unfair to dairy farmers'
- Safety drive amid shock rise in deaths on the farm
- Privacy and comfort at this spacious Mallow property
- Here are four properties in one lot
- Agri diesel may avoid carbon tax
- EU Commissioner will look at flood insurance
- COMMENT: Lost opportunity to draw a line under abuse scandal
- COMMENT: 'Apology from Pope may have been best'
- DON'T MISS Five Days
- Sherlock: we need a dairy task force to save the sector
- FARMER: Meat factories must increase prices says IFA
- IN FOR A SHOCK
- COMMENT: Abuse victim: 'Absence of apology like a slap in the face'
- Stunning properties now available in Iveragh
- Grave concern for criminal justice system
- Learning how to deal with conflict
- 'SFP critical to survival of Irish farmers'
- COMMENT: Divorcing couples needs to look to their penion plans
- 'Europe is the best friend that Irish Agriculture has'
- HONDA JAZZ WINS CONTINENTAL IRISH SMALL CAR OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2010
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Photographer Mark is best in the business
FORMER Corkman photographer Mark Condron has been named as the winner of the Press Photographers Association AIB Photojournalist of the Year for 2009...
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