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Web Design & Development
Francis is the owner of Croan.ie, the website design and development company. Croan.ie offers Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), e-Business consulting, website design, web development, web site hosting and website optimisation services in Ireland from its offices in Kilkenny and Cork. […]
Read MoreBusiness Development Consulting
For many start-ups and for some small & medium food manufacturers, running a business can be a confusing and isolating role. While Local Enterprise Offices can provide invaluable tools, navigating the services available can sometimes be as confusing as establishing […]
Read MoreWeb Education & Training
Having worked with Internet technologies since 1994 (that’s right – 1994!) I have witnessed the web evolve from a communication tool to the World’s most important marketing delivery channel. I can customise and deliver a wide range of internet marketing […]
Read MoreSmallholding & Lifestyle Training
All of these courses are hosted at Croan Cottages, the smallholding where I have lived since 2003. Introduction to Smallholding, these two day courses cover all of the basics: Living with Livestock:an introduction to sheep, goats pigs and cattle, Keeping […]
Read MoreMushroom Gallery
Some Mushroom shots from Autumn forays in the woods of Kilkenny.
A chat about Bees on KCLR
In advance of the Beginners’ Beekeeping course that I am helping to organise this month, I went in to have a chat with Ken McGuire on his show on KCLR. Ken kindly recorded our chat and uploaded it on to […]
Beginners Beekeeping Course
There have been shocking reports in recent years of the many threats facing Honeybees. It has been speculated that, because of the spread of bee parasites, virulent viruses against which they have no natural defensesand more intensive farming practices, nearly […]