November brings us to the moment where we appreciate big bowls of warm food, and Pho fills that spot beautifully. Pho, which is pronounced Fur – not a P in sight, is the national Vietnamese noodle dish. This comforting bowl of slurpy noodles manages to be not only nourishing but […]

‘Good seafood cooked simply and skillfully’. That’s the ethos behind O’Connor’s Seafood Restaurant Bantry and one that has stood the restaurant in good stead, particularly faced with the challenges thrown out by this pandemic. Over a year-and-a-half ago, in March 2020, Shane Spillane and his wife Carly opened the doors […]

I’m sitting at my desk, fire lit to chase the damp, facing a window streaked by rain. Mind you, there’s nothing much to see anyway. The sky is a solid grey and the horizon has been reduced to the front field. Beyond the big oak is a land of fog. […]

I’d like to give a shout out to those dedicated people who run the rescue centres kindly taking in any dog no matter its age, background, or character to give them shelter along with unstinting care and devotion. They are a breed apart! Life is getting tougher for them at […]

Because I do what I do, my conversation topics with people can sometimes vary from the bizarre to the ridiculous. As human beings go, we are so complicated, sometimes so simple and other times…there simply are just no words to describe what can happen to us in any one day […]

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