Graeme Ghillie, a Glaswegian transplant, who has called Ireland home for nearly 30 years, is a mechanic at the Clonakilty Bike Circus and a passionate advocate for the practical and enduring pushbike. His prized possession is the Tanglefoot Moonshiner, a bike that embodies everything Graeme admires in a machine. Built […]
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TMS is know as Tension Myocitis Syndrome or Mindbody syndrome, a term first coined by Dr John Sarno, a medical doctor practicing in America in the 1970s, who pioneered work in the field of psychogenic pain or, as its come to be known, mind-body pain. His method to help cure […]
Housewife of the Year, which has already garnered significant attention following its world premiere, picking up the Best Irish Feature Documentary Award at the Galway Film Fleadh, has just been released in Irish cinemas. The film tells the story of Ireland’s treatment of women through the prism of a unique, […]
The Inchydoney Dunes Conservation Group recently welcomed Dr Jimmy Murphy, from MaRei Centre at UCC, for a public talk in Clonakilty, on his ongoing study of the erosion of the Cork coastline, in which Inchydoney is one of five specific study locations. Dr Murphy and his team are almost half […]
A non-profit initiative founded in 2018 under the auspices of the Burren Beo Trust, Farming for Nature’s mission is to support, encourage and inspire farmers who farm, or who wish to farm, in a in a way that will improve the natural health of our countryside. Publishing in December, the […]
The hallowed period of Christmas was celebrated by the ancient Irish with great pomp and festivity. Fleming’s ‘History of Ancient Irish Customs’, gives an elaborate account of the festivity and amusement at this season of gaiety and mirth. He writes: “On Christmas Eve the village maidens went to the woods […]