Méabh Cahalane is the current captain of the Cork senior camogie team. Her father, Niall Cahalane, captained Cork in 1985 and secured All-Ireland titles in 1989 and 1990. Méabh clinched her first All-Ireland medal in her first season playing in 2015. In 2024, she was vice-captain of the Cork seniors […]
It’s May 2025. The sky is grey. A singer stands under a porch in Bandon. His hands move masterly across the neck and body of his guitar. Chords well-played. But it’s the sound, the melody and the soaring lyrics of his song that give it wings and lift it above […]
Therapy can be an invitation to be in relationship with one’s ‘self’, with others and with the world from a place of compassion. One of the most powerful ways this shift can occur is through the cultivation of self-compassion. Not a self-indulgence, as some might mis-label it, but a courageous, […]
When most people hear the word ‘budget’ their eyes glaze over. It brings to mind spreadsheets, calculators, and cancelling all the fun stuff: no coffee dates, no holidays, and definitely no new shoes. But a budget doesn’t have to be a buzzkill. In fact, I’d argue it’s the opposite. Done […]
‘Babies Beneath My Feet’ – a handwritten plaque observed at the site of the former St. Mary’s Mother and Baby Institution Tuam, Co. Galway where a small grotto created decades ago remains. I have just returned from a gathering of Irish and international retreatants, who joined together for five days to […]
I dug deep recently and found the courage, motivation and energy inside of me to move to beautiful Beara. Having followed an intuitive thread, invisible yet insistent, the change of scene has done me the power of good, and even my little dog Pudsy, despite her disability, seems to have been […]