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Background: Scoil Íde first opened its doors in 1964 with three classrooms and run by the Mercy Order. The school has grown over the years – at present Scoil Íde has a population of almost 800 pupils and 40 full time teaching staff, including Principal Peter Long, class teachers, Learning Support and Resource teachers. Our school is always a hive of activity and plays a centr...
by Axel Miret Axel and Marye Miret started growing garlic commercially as pilot scheme in 2011 to supplement their income on their small holding in Enniskeane, County Cork with 600 heads of garlic. It soon became a viable business called "West Cork Garlic". ‘It really is West Cork Garlic too because we have help from so many local people: the farmer who let us use his land; Bandon Co...
Stephen is a Food Loving, Home Cook, Gardener, Hen keeper and Blogger. A passionate recycler/upcycler who dislikes waste and will always try to find a use for things which may otherwise be discarded, this comes in very useful in the garden. Originally from Meath but now living in Tipperary with his wife and two young children, somewhat struggles now and again with an identity crisis when it comes ...
Newtownwhite N.S. is a two teacher rural school situated between the towns of Ballina and Killala in Co. Mayo. It is nestled between two historic Friaries- Rosserk and Moyne- near the mouth of the Moy River. The present school was built in 1906 and many of the 20 plus children who currently attend Newtowntownwhite N.S. are the fourth generation of their family to attend this school. While the scho...
Fiona Dillion is an author of “Food from an Irish Garden”, wife and mother of four, a food blogger and freelance writer who is passionate about getting back to basics. Fiona writes in the Farmers Journal’s “Irish Country” magazine and the UK’s “Home Farmer”. Whether it’s community radio or TodayFM, national or regional papers, Fiona regula...
Tell us about your growing Project. How did it get started? In August 2012, Eleanor Gaffney, Older Person’s Support Worker, Respond! approached the older residents living in Airmount, Waterford for their ideas on potential activities they would like to see happening in their own community. A significant number of the residents indicated that they would love to attend a gardening or ho...
The winning family in this year’s Operation GIY Nation are the O'Donoghue Family from Bishopstown in Cork. Having always wanted to grow their own food, Aidan and Caragh O’Donoghue were spurred in to action by the arrival of newborn bundle of joy Luke, and a call out from GIY looking for families to participate in a 6-month food growing challenge. “We were eager for h...
Location: Virginia Road, Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan, Ireland Hours: Mon – Fri: 8:00 am – 6:00 pm Opened in Jan 2010, we have gone from strength to strength, with approx 80 children attending our facility on a daily basis. We have a baby room, toddler room, two preschool rooms in the morning, a preschool in the afternoon and an after school club. We have...
Steven Lamb is Head of Brand at River Cottage Steven has been involved with River Cottage since the beginning. He has hosted events, lived at HQ as the resident smallholder and now works on the delivery of events making sure the customer experience is always positive and that the unique culture of River Cottage is maintained. He teaches on several courses at the Cookery School but specialises i...
My name is Mrs. Siobhan Coyne and I teach in Knock NS, Knock, Claremorris, County Mayo. I am the Green School coordinator for our 5th Green flag (Biodiversity theme) which we hope to achieve this coming year 2013-2014. Our school has an enrollment of 142 children from Junior Infants to 6th class with 5 class teachers, a full time Learning support teacher and SNA and a part time Resource t...