Health & Lifestyle - West Cork People

Right place right time

Susan O Regan May, 2025

As children and young people, some of us are very attuned to our surroundings, to gut feelings and hunches, dreams, and so on. But over time, life takes over and this intuitive aspect to us can be dampened down, either by ourselves or others, and is often not encouraged in […]

Life lessons of kickboxing

WCP Staff May, 2025

Two-time world champion and passionate coach, Tony Stephenson, chats to Niamh Coughlan about his 20-year journey with the West Cork Kickboxing Club, sharing how “it’s not all about the medals”. Born in Manchester but raised in Bantry, Tony Stephenson’s early years were marked by a wide range of physical pursuits. […]

Gone wild

Tina Pisco May, 2025

And so here we are. It’s May. (“Tra la! It’s May!” sang Guinivere in the musical Camelot. The lusty month of May!) In the over thirty years that I’ve lived in West Cork, the month of May has always been pretty good. Sometimes it’s been spectacular. This time of the […]

Béal Blásta continues the tradition of nourishing village life

Mary O'Brien May, 2025

The sun is shining in Ballydehob and Béal Blásta – formerly Hudson’s – is a hive of easygoing activity. It’s a morning during the Easter break and the village is already beginning to swell with life in anticipation of events like the May bank holiday’s Jazz and Arts Festival. Outside […]

Dressing up asparagus

Karen Austin May, 2025

Spring has well and truly arrived. Four seasons in one day make a regular appearance and the garden is thriving. Everything in the garden is very green and there are plenty of things sprouting at both ends of the vegetable growing spectrum. The new seeds are slowly uncurling, whilst last […]

Health

Live and hear well by understanding age-related hearing changes

WCP Staff May, 2025

Sarah Sheehan is Hidden Hearing’s Chief Audiologist and Product, Compliance and Audiology Trainer within their HR, Learning and Development Department. She ensures Hidden Hearing audiologists possess a robust foundation of knowledge and uphold best global audiological standards. As we grow older, many of us begin to notice subtle changes in […]

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