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Support during the transitions of dying and grief

WCP Staff April, 2023

If you’re familiar with this column, you have an idea of what ‘end of life’ or ‘death doula’ means – a profession, as well as movement, that’s expanding globally. Simply put, it’s a non-medical role providing accompaniment, navigation and education about end of life. I’m one such person offering this […]

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Oil pulling and oral hygiene

Hannah Dare April, 2023

Recently, I had a customer looking for a particular organic Portuguese Extra Virgin olive oil. He wanted it in particular because of its flavour, but not for cooking – he wanted it for oil pulling. He said you can really tell the quality of the oil you use when you […]

Nuts about carrots

Karen Austin April, 2023

Looking out of the glasshouse the other day, thinking about which recipe I could write this month, it came to me how much tastier our lives would be if everyone could grow their own salad and herbs. I know this may sound problematic for people that live in small spaces […]

Burgers with attitude

WCP Staff April, 2023

If ambition is the path to success then Alex Nowotynski, 28, is surely on it. The good-humoured mountain biking fanatic born and bred in Drinagh, who learnt the gourmet burger trade from the late Frankie Murphy of Frankie’s Badass Burgers and has been carrying on his legacy since 2018, is […]

Environment

Survey finds Kinsale beech tree to be ‘healthy’

WCP Staff April, 2023

An historic beech tree, that may be up to 250-years-old, was temporarily saved from felling by the Kinsale community in February of this year. The tree is a prominent feature on Compass Hill, that once belonged to an ancient forest of which there are only a handful of survivors remaining. […]

Environment

Kinsale building awarded 14k to preserve its heritage

WCP Staff April, 2023

Patsy’s Corner at Market Place in Kinsale has been awarded €14k in government funding for works to support it as a local heritage building. In total, 556 heritage projects in 31 local authorities across the country will benefit from a total of €4.5m under this year’s Built Heritage Investment Scheme – […]

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