A ‘staycation’, according to the dictionary, is a holiday spent ‘in, or in the neighbourhood of, one’s own home’. So, I’m not sure this qualifies as a travel piece, but it is definitely a holiday story, just without the travel bit. Every August for the last few years, my mother […]
Health & Lifestyle
Adrienne Murphy, mother and S2C practitioner, shares how her non-verbal autistic son has learned to communicate through a life-changing breakthrough method called ‘Spell 2 Communicate’. During a recent visit to my 22-year-old autistic son Caoimh’s house – where he lives with the support of a team of social care workers […]
Sixteen-year-old Noah Cunnane is a dedicated member of Muskerry Athletics Club, an organisation that is going from strength to strength, marking an impressive start to 2025 with a standout performance at the opening Cross Country meet in Riverstick in September last. Competing against strong opposition from Bandon, Skibbereen, Courseys, Dohneys, […]
September always feels like a fresh start. The school bags are back, the evenings get darker, and the shops are filled with pumpkin-spiced everything. It’s also the time of year when many people feel the urge to get organised, whether that’s decluttering the house, switching out summer clothes for cosy […]