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Reset and renew in 2026

Lorraine Dufficey January, 2026

I’d like to start by wishing you all a healthy and happy 2026. As you reflect on the start of this year, what small change could make the biggest difference to your wellbeing? I hope that wherever you are in your life stage, you can tap into your reserves of […]

Travel TALES

Fionnuala Harkin January, 2026

It’s no surprise that January is the busiest month for booking holidays. One look out the window at that wet, grey day has me dreaming of sunny blue skies, coffee on warm terraces, and glasses of wine after a swim in water, which doesn’t temporarily stop my heart. After recommendations […]

Detox with NAC

Hannah Dare January, 2026

As I’m writing this it’s a sparkling day outside, the sunshine is streaming in the window and it really feels like 2026 is off to a good start. Down here in Glengarriff we had a gorgeously dry, crispy Christmas – the photos I have from the Christmas Day Swim at […]

A supergreen salad

Karen Austin January, 2026

The decorations are packed away and we’ve nibbled our way through the last of an enormous Christmas cake so I think we can say we are really ready to embrace the new year. The chickens have been ready since before Christmas when their inner egg radar kicked in on December […]

Kickstart your West Cork retrofit this New Year

Ruairi Kay January, 2026

Drat proofing windows. As the new year dawns, many of us are setting ambitious personal and professional goals for 2026. I know personally that if I achieve even half of mine, I’ll be doing well! Having said that, it’s also a great time to extend that ambition to our homes. […]

A beach in Kenya

Dr Jeremy A. Dorman January, 2026

With the weather here so frightfully cold, let me take you once again to the tropics. Last autumn, I stayed with a friend in Kenya, in a village beside the Indian Ocean. Long ago, this village was home to powerful Arab slave traders; their descendants still own much of the […]

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