This month we need your help. We have had so many wonderful conversations and started so many initiatives around the town that we now need to build momentum across all our projects in order to reduce food waste, farm to fork, throughout Clonakilty! Here are five ways you can support […]
At a meeting of Cork County Council, on Monday, July 22, a surprising motion was passed to ask the government to review its application of the wildlife act with regards to verge/hedge cutting and maintenance of footpaths. Only the Social Democrats voted against the motion. Fiona Hayes writes on the […]
by Holly Cairns TD Too often, it takes women speaking out about their own trauma and experience of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence before the Government or institutions of the State take any action. Time and time again we hear of the appalling behaviour of those in a position of […]
The West Cork Jesters, a pioneering non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting inclusivity through mixed abilities sports, has just opened a coffee shop at their clubhouse in Durrus. The coffee shop on the scenic Sheep’s Head is run by local people, many of whom have additional needs. “A number of our members […]
Medical Herbalist Geri McGann and Nutritional Therapist Gwen Bastian-Enright look at how herbal medicine and nutritional therapy (both individually and combined) can help with painful periods (dysmenorrhea), specifically primary dysmenorrhea – period pain and cramping with no apparent cause medically. Herbal medicine and nutritional therapy provide the opportunity for individuals […]
The vagina, uterus, bladder and bowel are held in place by a network of muscles, tendons and fascia known as the pelvic floor. Pregnancy, childbirth, ageing, menopause, hysterectomy, inherited risk, or conditions that cause excessive pressure on the pelvic floor like obesity, a chronic cough, chronic constipation or heavy lifting, […]