The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has, this afternoon, given the all-clear over safety concerns surrounding the Oxford/ AstraZeneca vaccination. In recent days a number of countries had withdrawn the vaccine following reports by the Norwegian Medicines Agency of blod clots in a number of patients. Ireland South Green Party MEP […]
Cork South West Deputy Christopher O’Sullivan will meet with Education Minister Norma Foley in the coming weeks to discuss the implementation of sustained, individual and intensive emotional counselling and therapeutic supports in primary and secondary schools. Deputy O’Sullivan will meet minister Foley along with Minister of State for Mental Health […]
Mags Riordan of Bumblebee Farm is guiding us through the planning, planting and caring of a bed for cut flowers. By the time summer arrives the bed should boast an abundance of pollinator-friendly flowers ready for cutting and enjoying. This month she focuses on seed sowing. Most seeds are easy […]
An occasional column by Grace O’Sullivan – mother, environment and peace activist, ecologist, MEP The benefits of improving your home energy set-up and moving towards more green, energy-efficient models are clear. You become more self-sufficient; you get to tap into natural, sustainable energy sources which can provide you with cheap, […]
Moze Jacobs and Alice Glendinning remind us this month that Doughnut Economics is a work-in-progress. Conceived as the brainchild of UK economist Kate Raworth, it is very much at an experimental stage. It is working to find an economic way forward that helps communities thrive, minimises waste, and goes some […]
Just 11 years ago, March 2010, during an Interview with the Guardian Newspaper, the scientist James Lovelock stated “I don’t think we’re yet evolved to the point where we’re clever enough to handle as complex a situation as climate change. The inertia of humans is so huge that you can’t […]