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Summer skin problems solved

Sherna Malone July, 2019

Summer is great! The sun is shining (usually) everyone’s a bit nicer to one another and the evenings are longer, however the effect of summer sun, sea and sweat on your skin is a different story and can sometimes leave your skin feeling less than happy. If summer skin woes […]

Savour life’s kindnesses

Susan O Regan July, 2019

The more I practice mindfulness, the more I see my habits more clearly. I now realise how strongly our lives can be governed by deeply rooted habitual patterns. Our habits can be very subtle and take time to even notice and possibly years to change. Yet, the act of intentionally […]

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DIY health hacks for healthy aging

Hannah Dare July, 2019

The internet abounds with what people are calling ‘Bio-hacks’, meaning Do-It-Yourself ways of improving health and wellbeing. Here are three of my favourite health boosts – cheap and easy; in my opinion, these are the perfect DIY health hacks for a healthy and graceful middle age. 1. Flaxseeds Flax seeds […]

Fit, fabulous and over fifty

Louise O'Dwyer July, 2019

Does thinking about your age make you cringe and come out in a cold sweat? Are you constantly looking at other women of a similar age and wondering if you look older or younger than them? Are you buying everything and anything that you can to make yourself look younger? […]

Raspberry pancakes

Karen Austin July, 2019

We have a rabbit in our garden. It has been hopping about devouring beans and kale and now it’s systematically chomping through a row of cauliflowers. This is an unusual problem for us as the garden’s walled and although birds cause devastation the rabbits usually stay out. It’s not easy […]

A roaming bull

Tommy Moyles July, 2019

My farming life has taught me you have to be prepared for many different possibilities. These can happen over a number of years or at times you have to be prepared for a few eventualities happening on a single day. There’s times when it feels like you need an alphabet […]

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