Noreen Coomey (BA(Hons) PGDip MIACP) is a coach and psychotherapist practising in West Cork and Ballincollig. She also provides mental health talks and workshops to schools, clubs and workplaces. Though we make ourselves miserable with our unhelpful thinking, we are often reluctant to notice it, examine it and take […]
Anxiety is the body and mind’s natural reaction to danger and stress. It is activated by the sympathetic nervous system and often called the fight or flight response. Anxiety is experienced physically and emotionally and affects our thoughts and behaviours. Its main job is to keep us safe and help […]
If living a simpler life in a smaller more flexible space without the burden of a €300,000-plus mortgage sounds attractive, then Big Man Tiny Homes could be the construction company for you. With the current housing crisis, Irish attitudes to house building are changing; people are looking for smarter, more […]
Each and every day our lives impact on each person’s life whose path we cross, metaphorically and physically, positively or negatively! Have you wondered, why do Access Groups exist? Take Clonakilty for example, what happened there? Well circa 1995, there was a new footpath being laid outside Clonakilty Post Office, […]
The Clonakilty Fairtrade group is looking forward to Fairtrade fortnight, which will run this year from February 24 to March 8. ‘IChooseFairtrade – SheDeservesBetter!’ is the worldwide mantra for this Fairtrade fortnight, with a strong focus on cocoa, and especially on the particular role that women farmers play in the […]
Twenty-five years ago ‘Friends of Clonakilty Day Care Centre’ was set up to provide the additional comforts and extras needed to ensure a meaningful and comfortable experience for the elderly members of our community and their families at the Clonakilty Day Care Centre. Sometimes an outing to the Day Care […]