Health & Lifestyle - West Cork People

How to achieve glowing bridal skin

Sherna Malone February, 2019

When it comes to glowing bridal skin, it’s easy to pile on all the luminising, dewy makeup products in the world but if you’re not looking after your skin in the first place, you’ll find it hard to achieve that natural radiance which makes you look healthy and flawless. Achieving […]

Wedding guest etiquette

Louise O'Dwyer February, 2019

While a certain amount of tradition will almost always be adhered to, I think it is a wonderful thing that many brides and grooms are ‘suiting themselves’ now and choosing venues and wedding styles accordingly. The days of ‘having to do’ because ‘everyone else does’ is a mere memory and […]

Baked beans – aka rocket fuel

Karen Austin February, 2019

I grew up eating baked beans – the canned variety – on toast. It was one of the early convenience foods and quick to put on the table for tea. Everyone ate beans, as they were an affordable and fast way to fill us up. We used to charge around […]

West Cork called to take part in plastic audit

WCP Staff February, 2019

A new EPA funded initiative to reduce plastic use in homes and schools across Ireland is being launched by Voice, an environmental charity that aims to empower individuals and local communities to take positive action to conserve our natural resources. Voice is currently looking for individuals, households and schools in […]

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The problem with plastic

Tina Pisco February, 2019

I know it’s not spring yet, but it sure feels like it. The camelia is in full bloom. The daffs are ready to burst. There are sprays of tiny little white flowers on one of the trees we planted to replace the ones that Ophelia destroyed. The land is full of […]

Coming to our senses

Susan O Regan February, 2019

The World Health Organisation defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Mental and social well-being have been central to my work with individuals and groups for over twenty years as a youth and community worker and […]

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