Health & Lifestyle - West Cork People

Kilbrittain builds on All Ireland success

Dylan O'Connell November, 2026

After success in the All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship and a successful return to the intermediate ranks, everyone connected with Kilbrittain is spending the winter celebrating. Manager Joe Ryan looks back on the last year with Dylan O’Connell. It has been a historic year for Kilbrittain, following on from county and […]

The struggle of perimenopause

Dr Paula Stanley November, 2026

Since moving back to Cork three-and-a-half years ago after working as an a GP for the NHS for 28 years, I have taken on a number of roles, from setting up and running the pilot of a dedicated Women’s Health Clinic in both Skibbereen and Bantry to working as a […]

Let there be light

Lorraine Dufficey November, 2026

As I write this the clocks have gone back and we are passing over the threshold of winter… now each day is a step closer to the time of the longest night on December 21. It is a remarkable thing when you think about it, to live at a latitude […]

What’s all the fuss about seed oils?

Hannah Dare November, 2026

If you follow the natural health world on social media, you may have noticed that seed oils have become the latest nutritional villains. You can hardly move online without coming across a video where some Influencer argues that seed oils are poison and US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr […]

Embracing the dark side of the year as a time for renewal

Dr Rosari Kingston November, 2026

When the time changes there is a sense of battening down the hatches and the need to stay inside by the fire. This is not a modern experience as Samhain, the precursor of today’s Halloween, marks the beginning of winter and is the threshold between the light and dark halves […]

Chewing on chickpeas

Karen Austin November, 2026

On what has become an annual odyssey to Greece, we spent ten days in Syros where we held a Greek cooking class. We shared this with a lovely group of people and it was great fun even if the weather did not always behave! Syros is one of my favourite […]

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