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Lets talk about sex

Dr Paula Stanley October, 2025

Sex is an important and wonderful part of our lives and wellbeing and we don’t talk about it enough. It is sometimes assumed that sex is either not important or not happening in the lives of older women but I am here to set the record straight. Women over 40 […]

Food & Drinks

A soup full of beans

Karen Austin October, 2025

September bought us, amongst many other things, a lot of beans. Not our first beans – we’ve been picking them since June – but more beans…and now we are harvesting beans in pods, which is super exciting. I managed to get my hands on some new varieties this year, which […]

Feel Good Festival time

WCP Staff October, 2025

Too many people to count will be taking part in the 13th West Cork Feel Good Festival (WCFGF) but Moze Jacobs gives us a taste of what to expect. The festival started harmoniously on October 1 with a ‘Feel-Good‘ Singing Workshop led by Caz Jeffreys at Levis’ Corner House (Ballydehob). […]

Inside the teen mind: Why viral trends like ‘6‑7’ matter more than you think

Tatjana Simakova October, 2025

Scroll through TikTok or check your teen’s Snapchat feed, and you’ll probably notice something strange, like them obsessing over something called ‘6‑7’. Maybe it’s a number, a phrase, a quirky inside joke, or some emoji combination that makes zero sense to adults. It seems like every other week, a new […]

A Clonakilty staycation

Fionnuala Harkin October, 2025

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 […]

If walking hurts…

Lorraine Dufficey October, 2025

As I write this it is the most beautiful crisp September day, perfect for taking to the hills, and were it not for my various work duties, I would have headed for Sheep’s head for a lovely long hike. Hiking got me thinking about a friend of mine who, while […]

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