The sun is shining in Ballydehob and Béal Blásta – formerly Hudson’s – is a hive of easygoing activity. It’s a morning during the Easter break and the village is already beginning to swell with life in anticipation of events like the May bank holiday’s Jazz and Arts Festival. Outside […]
Returning for a second year this May, BioFest will once again celebrate biodiversity action in West Cork. Taking place during National Biodiversity Week, the festival will be held at CECAS Myross Wood House on May 17, before hitting the road with the BioFest bus to visit two additional sites showcasing […]
A Benedictine monk from a centuries-old monastery in Switzerland, Brother Martin Hieronymi recently traded the foothills of the Alps for the foothills of Mount Gabriel in Schull, where he travelled to improve his English at the Atlantic School of English and Active Leisure. Settling easily into village life, during his […]
As the song goes ‘Count your life by smiles, not tears’, a message reinforced by 81-year-old Patty Mullaney, drawing on her years of wisdom. Most days Patty feels about 35, but on the days she feels closer to 90, she says “It really does help to smile”. In between walking […]
Spring has well and truly arrived. Four seasons in one day make a regular appearance and the garden is thriving. Everything in the garden is very green and there are plenty of things sprouting at both ends of the vegetable growing spectrum. The new seeds are slowly uncurling, whilst last […]
Sarah Sheehan is Hidden Hearing’s Chief Audiologist and Product, Compliance and Audiology Trainer within their HR, Learning and Development Department. She ensures Hidden Hearing audiologists possess a robust foundation of knowledge and uphold best global audiological standards. As we grow older, many of us begin to notice subtle changes in […]