Columnists - West Cork People

Hair DOs and DON’Ts while staying at home

WCP Staff March, 2020

There’s enough to be concerned about right now without letting your hair get you down. With that said, many women will be scrutinising their locks in the mirror over the coming weeks so. Whether our hair is low or high maintenance, we all need to manage our hair at home […]

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Standing still in a standing cell

Shane Daly March, 2020

“Around two o’ clock in the morning the key rattles in the lock of the first cell door at the other end of the corridor. We’re all awake at once. The unlocked foot-shackle makes a metallic clink on the floor. The prisoner from cell number one takes the first few […]

Do we understand our baby? Birth

Diana Radeva March, 2020

In this series of articles (‘Do we understand our child?’) Diana Radeva, child and adolescent psychotherapist sets out to consider the emotional life of children from birth onwards; and how relationships between children and parents evolve over time. It is a view of human growth, which recognises the importance of […]

Returning home to ourselves

Susan O Regan March, 2020

Like everyone else no doubt, I’ve been struggling to believe, let alone accept, what is currently going on in our world. It feels so surreal or even at times as if we are in some futuristic novel. Yet it is very real and it is happening now. So, whether we […]

The best hand creams for repairing dry skin

Sherna Malone March, 2020

In this time of Coivid-19, take a moment and think about how many times you’ve washed and sanitised your hands today. Both entirely necessary I might add, but repetitive hand washing can damage the integrity of the skin, causing hands to become dry, sore and irritated, and if the skin […]

The Spanish Flu – History repeating itself

Kieran Doyle March, 2020

Be safe, listen to the experts and behave responsibly As I write this article, I am conscious of how the current Covid -19 pandemic, is even affecting this very article. The editor of the West Cork People, Mary O’Brien, communicated to us that this month’s edition, was to be only […]

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