Health & Lifestyle - West Cork People

Summer in a jar

WCP Staff September, 2026

by Niamh Cooper, Melissa Byrne & Gillian Hegarty West Cork’s hedgerows are full of blackberries at the moment, ripening away in that seemingly endless sunshine we’ve just had. If you haven’t been out yet to pick them, grab your nearest bowl or bucket and head down the quiet country lanes. […]

Blackberries ripe and ready for recipes

Karen Austin September, 2026

As the blackberry season is upon us, it’s time to take a walk, and don’t forget the containers. The blackberry season offers us the ideal opportunity to fill our faces with this juicy fruit ,as we wander along the hedgerows. I always think that if it’s a serious picking session, […]

O’Donovan celebrating after leading Carbery to divisional title this summer

WCP Staff July, 2026

It was a moment for all of West Cork when Carbery defeated Muskerry in the McCarthy Insurance Group Premier SFC Divisions/Colleges seeded section final at Páirc Uí Rinn and claimed the Derry Gowen Cup. The divisional side was made up of clubs stretched across the region, and it was O’Donovan […]

Opening The Johari Window

Leo Muckley July, 2026

In May this year, I had a really enjoyable time attending the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy’s (BACP) 32nd Annual BACP International Research Conference, which was titled ‘Collaboration for a just society – Multidisciplinary research in counselling and mental health’. The conference took place in London and ran across […]

Those lazy hazy days of summer

Susan O Regan July, 2026

This summer is already one for the memory bank and, even as I write in late July, the forecast for the next week or so is still sunshine and more sunshine. There have been so many beautiful moments already and a poignant sense of childhood when summer days and school […]

Wired and tired: How to beat burnout before it beats you

Lorraine Dufficey July, 2026

I hope, given all the exceptionally good weather we have had this summer, that you have all had a chance to relax and reap its benefits. The glorious sunshine should really set up our vitamin D stores for the coming winter. But what if you are finding that despite the long […]

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