Change. What does it really mean? At the beginning of every year people are full of personal resolutions in an attempt to change direction in life. These changes (or at least the promise of them), are usually intended to put people on a journey of self-enhancement or improvement. Let’s have […]
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In the first of a two-part series, Eugene Daly looks at the factors that instigated the diminishment of our native tongue in Ireland. The mortal wounds of Gaelic Ireland were inflicted at the battle of Kinsale in 1601, but the death agony was prolonged for all of the seventeenth century […]
This January, I’m focusing on breathing — why it’s vital to breathe correctly, the damage poor breathing does to our bodies and minds, and how to build healthier habits. You might think, ‘Breathing? Isn’t that automatic?’ In some ways, you’re right — we take about 25,000 breaths daily, both day […]
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 […]
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, […]