Séan Ó Súilleabhain, in his book ‘Caitheam Aimsire ar Thóraimh’ (translated as ‘Irish Wake Amusements’) describes the customs attached to waking the dead in Ireland. The title is startling in that we don’t associate a wake with pastimes or call it merry. Ó Súilleabhain noted that wakes were “far merrier […]
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In this article, I won’t be talking about home energy upgrade solutions. Instead, I would like to relate our family’s experience with switching to an electrical car a year ago. According to statistics published by the SEAI this week, private cars represent 17 per cent of the overall energy consumption […]
West Cork Menopause and Women’s Health Clinic It is with great pride that I report my completion of the final hurdle of The British Menopause Society (BMS) qualification process: I am now officially a BMS Menopause Specialist. I run The West Cork Menopause and Women’s Health Clinic, located in Bantry […]
Stress has a genuine physiological impact on your physical and mental health while a certain level of stress can be motivating, energising, and help you perform at your best. Excessive levels of stress can exhaust the body, affect your digestion, disrupt sleep, impair your thinking, cause the body to feel […]
Meán Fómhair, the Irish for September, translates as the middle of autumn and is a time when Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) begins to affect many people. SAD is a kind of depression that occurs primarily during the autumn and winter months, when sunshine hours are reduced. While the specific origin […]