Walking is the easiest way to get active and healthy, both physically and mentally. Most health professionals prefer walking over running as it is a low-impact exercise that goes easy on your heart and joints. It’s inexpensive and can be done anywhere, at any age or fitness level, alone or in a group, and you…
My whole life has been waiting for an epiphany, a manifestation of God’s presence, an experience that lets you see your place in the big picture. And that is what I had when I had my first compost heap.” Bette Midler (actress and environmental activist) The easiest way to improve any garden is to have…
Get into the Halloween spirit at the pumpkin patch Kennedy’s Pumpkin Patch is offering something for all the family this Halloween, whether it’s the spooky tunnel, hay maze, face-painting, storytelling, pumpkin picking or simply relaxing in the autumn sunshine with a homemade non-alcoholic apple cider. Kennedy’s Pumpkin Patch started life in 2010 as the brain-child…
My eldest son was unimpressed when, as a small boy, I insisted that he gave up his seat on the bus. He argued strongly about how unfair it was that children were viewed as second class citizens and how adults should be well able to stand on their strong legs. Safety wasn’t such a priority…
Autumn brings a kind of pleasant melancholy. The warmth of summer recedes and the cold nights draw in. The trees, so recently full, lush and green, are now shedding crisp brown leaves for the children to wade through on their way to school, searching for conkers. Bright berries appear in the hedges and scatterings of…
Women’s sport in Ireland has been shattering records in terms of audience viewing this year. The Ladies All Ireland Football final between Dublin and Mayo had an attendance of over 46,000 in Croke Park and an average of 303,800 people tuned in to watch it on TG4 – the highest figure since the Irish language station…
Mental Health Week 2017 Mental Health Week 2017 takes place from October 9-14. The World Health Organisation’s theme for World Mental Health Day on October 10 is Mental Health in the Workplace. This week is a great opportunity for individuals, workplaces and communities to bring awareness to and highlight mental health and wellbeing where you…
Winter is soon approaching and the time has come once again for many of us to get the flu vaccine. In fact, it may be all the more important this season as predictions suggest we may be facing one of the most significant flu outbreaks in decades. In Australia, rather strikingly there has been a…
I went to the gym this morning. Actually, I went twice, not because I am wildly enthusiastic about it but because I forgot my pass key first time and couldn’t get in. On the way home to pick it up the temptation not to bother, to curl up on the couch with a cup of…
October is here which means that Halloween is coming and the goose is getting fat! And it’s time to dig out your stack of black card to get making spooky decorations. Everyone has their own favourite Halloween symbol; whether it’s a pumpkin, a bat, a black cat, or a wicked witch with vibrant green skin.…
Mags Gargan
Paul Gargan
Maria Byrne
Dr Kevin McCarroll
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