If you’re familiar with this column, you have an idea of what ‘end of life’ or ‘death doula’ means – a profession, as well as movement, that’s expanding globally. Simply put, it’s a non-medical role providing accompaniment, navigation and education about end of life. I’m one such person offering this […]
Patsy’s Corner at Market Place in Kinsale has been awarded €14k in government funding for works to support it as a local heritage building. In total, 556 heritage projects in 31 local authorities across the country will benefit from a total of €4.5m under this year’s Built Heritage Investment Scheme – […]
Committee Member Jez Simms tells us more about the extraordinary influx this March of a bird only occasionally seen in Ireland. At the time of writing, in the third week of March, an unprecedented ornithological event is taking place across Ireland (and the British Isles) with the largest ever influx […]