What you need to know about the recently launched healthy eating guidelines for toddlers, writes Ruadhán Jones At the start of October, the Government launched their first-ever healthy eating guidelines for one to four-year olds. The Health Department told us, the guidelines were “developed by nutrition experts in Ireland, the guidelines are based on Irish…
Personal Profile Journeying through the ups and downs of her life so far, Emma Maloney has achieved the rare sense that she’s exactly where she’s supposed to be. Working for the Catholic charity Youth 2000 and supplied abundant love by her family and tight circle of friends, it’s been a road beset with the uncertainties…
Diagnoses of mouth and neck cancer to increase 30% in 25 years, writes Ruadhán Jones Here’s something that may have slipped by you – September 16 was Mouth Cancer Awareness day. I don’t think you would be alone, of course, and a possible explanation for this is that mouth and neck cancers are not as…
Personal Profile New Pastoral Manager at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) Chaplaincy, Shannon Campbell is rooted in both Catholicism and ecumenism. Having attended QUB to study post-primary education and having been actively involved in the chaplaincy’s pastoral team during her years there, time has shown Shannon its circular face. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, she attributed…
Expert children’s bookseller and debut author, Lorraine Levis releases a manual for parents and educators to help children develop a love of reading Of everything in this book, the opinion I express here could be one of the most controversial … I think children should play more video games. I hope you will stick with…
Personal Profile While he finds himself ministering to the vibrant, albeit restricted, student body at Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT) these days, Fr Liam Boyle’s beginnings didn’t indicate this setting in later life. “As a young child, or even as a young teenager, I didn’t have any strong faith. There were certainly points where I…
Making lunch enjoyable and healthy is a worthwhile challenge writes Ruadhán Jones It can be tempting to bow to our kids desire for a steady crisp and sweet supply, especially given the unusual back-to-school circumstances. Equally, it can be hard to imagine sending them off with a lunch box full of ‘rabbit food’, also known…
Personal Profile Fr Jaimie Twohig’s faith has been guided by both his earthly and heavenly mothers from its genesis, and it has coloured his very perception. “Ever since I’ve been ordained, and throughout my studies as well, it’s just a thing that I constantly have to learn, that we’re just really vessels of his love,”…
Ruadhán Jones explains how to make the most of autumn fruits Every self-respecting Irish recipe book has its own spin on apple tart. Some proclaim the wondrous effects of brown sugar, others call for no sugar at all! It’s an Irish staple and for good reason – Ireland has a climate ideally suited to autumn…
Personal Profile Medical Missionaries of Mary (MMM) is attempting to patch the world up both physically and spiritually, and Sr Carol Breslin is one of those who applies the bandages. Celebrating her Jubilee year with the congregation, Sr Carol’s interest in healthcare was first piqued by her mother’s example as she volunteered for various groups…