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Wedding-ready skin

Sherna Malone September, 2022

Your wedding day is one of the biggest days in your life and naturally you want to look like the most beautiful version of yourself on your special day. Having wedding-ready skin starts with your habits months before you say, “I do”. Adopting a good skincare routine combined with facial treatments […]

Small is beautiful

Fiona Hayes September, 2022

Fifty years ago Oxford economist E. F. Schumacher wrote ‘Small Is Beautiful – A Study of Economics As If People Mattered’, challenging the state of excessive consumption in Western society; and challenging economic globalisation, with warnings related to the inevitable human cost. His premise was that economies should revolve around the […]

Pelagic birds

WCP Staff September, 2022

This month West Cork Branch Committee Member Jez Simms shares his experiences of a pelagic boat trip on August 13, organised by the Branch. Pelagic means living or occurring in the open sea. It was a glorious Sunday morning when members of Birdwatch Ireland set out on the Branch’s annual […]

Environment

Why buying food in season matters

Lauren Guillery September, 2022

Growing up in France in the nineties, I always looked forward to grape harvest towards the end of the summer. Grapes were not cultivated in the northern region of France where I come from, but they were easily one of the cheapest fruits available in the shops that time of […]

Agriculture in the news

Tommy Moyles September, 2022

After a build-up that dominated the airwaves at the time, a figure for the cut in emissions in Agriculture was set at 25 per cent in late July. I’m glad a decision was reached and the debate – that at its extreme turned extremely toxic on social media channels – […]

Health & Lifestyle

The hot new skills you need on your CV

WCP Staff September, 2022

By Karen O’ReillyEmployflex What skills do we need for the world we work in now, the world of work that has been completely turned on its head in the last two years and will, hopefully, never look and feel the same again? The internet blew up last week as people […]

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