Health - West Cork People

Ode to women

Dr Paula Stanley December, 2025

Women of all ages come under huge pressure to achieve unrealistic levels of perfection; personal, professional, physical, sexual, spiritual and psychological. I wanted to write a piece about how amazing women are, well, because we are. I have an opinion that may horrify many; I don’t think our 1970s feminist […]

Why the pelvic floor matters for young women in sport

Lorraine Dufficey November, 2025

In the August issue of the West Cork People I wrote an article on the importance of having a healthy pelvic floor and how pelvic floor dysfunction can impact quality of life for both men and women. At the time of writing I had a feeling I wasn’t quite done […]

Why a good multivitamin and mineral still matters

Hannah Dare November, 2025

Twenty years ago, when Rachel and I took over managing Organico, supplements were simple. Most of us just took a basic multivitamin and maybe a spoonful of cod liver oil, and that was it (unless we had a cold when we took tons of Echinacea!). The shelves weren’t crowded, and […]

Waking up to life

Susan O Regan November, 2025

Gratitude is a core mindfulness practice, and I am so aware of how blessed I am to be making a living by doing work that is of service to others, work that makes a real, tangible difference in people’s lives. I ran a few introductory sessions with a local group […]

What if?

Leo Muckley November, 2025

By the time you are reading this, it will have been a few weeks since we experienced a storm that led to some flooding in Glengarriff village. On that day, I was standing looking out at the river behind the house, which was rapidly rising. I remember thinking to myself, […]

What may a change in periods signify?

Dr Paula Stanley November, 2025

Women in West Cork are fortunate to have a gynaecology service based in Bantry General Hospital. This is a satellite of Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) gynaecology service. Two clinics, one morning and one afternoon, run on the third Friday of every month. Dr Aenne Helps is the Bantry lead […]

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