This month, as we look forward to Christmas, to celebrating life, hope and love, I ask you to reflect on ‘inclusion’ and what it means to you. “Today, I went into my new job to find that they’d knocked down the existing reception desk and were rebuilding it to be […]
Over the next few months, I hope to cover those common symptoms, which we all know can mean something serious is going on and which, if missed, could represent a catastrophe. This month the topic is chest pain. You are just finishing your Christmas dinner and start to experience chest […]
Fionnuala Harkin is a qualified wine educator with the Wines and Spirits Educational Trust. Her love of wine developed over her years of running a restaurant in Clonakilty, as well as writing on food and wine for West Cork People and Food and Wine magazine. She works for Wines Direct, an […]
There is one indisputable fact in these uncertain times and that is that Christmas is coming . The decorations are going up in town and the Christmas tree has been installed. It’s a fine Christmas tree too, back to it’s pre Covid status and size which is most cheering. As […]
Ireland has a long association with seaweed. In fact it used to be a staple of the Irish diet. However in the mid-19th century, around the time of the Famine, seaweed lost its favoured status on the Irish table and became seen instead as a food associated with poverty. In […]
With this series of articles I am lucky enough to be meeting and interviewing people who are not only committed to growing good quality nourishing food, but also selling it to us directly in our local markets. Seasonal produce with no food miles, grown in a sustainable way, not wrapped […]