Everyone knows intuitively that stress is bad for your health. It is also true that stress does manifest in real physical symptoms and changes to your physiology. In clinic, I am regularly seeing manifestations of stress in teenagers, which can potentially, over time, lead to ill health. Dilated pupils Dilated […]
Health & Lifestyle
An eating disorder is a very serious health condition that affects your mind, body and emotions. They can begin as emotional issues that cause stress, reduced appetite and disordered patterns of eating, or as dieting where nutritional deficiencies start to affect memory, mental health and cause unhealthy behaviours like skipping […]
Mention mince pies to Sharon or Laura O’Driscoll at this time of year and they both sigh heavily. “It’s like opening Pandora’s box,” explains Sharon. “we’re literally walking over boxes and boxes of mince pies for weeks on end.” Baked with Sharon’s homemade mince meat and mouthwatering almond pastry, it’s […]
West Cork’s Kate Ryan has scooped the award for Food Writing at the second annual Irish Food Writing Awards. Over 75 award finalists attended from throughout the island of Ireland, competing for the 20 awards on offer covering Irish food and drink journalism, cookbooks, feature writing, blogging, podcasting, photography and […]



