As we are entering winter and holiday season, my December column is about the best indoor/at home training equipment. Maintaining strength, fitness, and not least mental endurance for coming cold dark months, is of the highest importance. First, a small personal plea: If you need training equipment, or Christmas presents […]

A few weeks back I was very impressed when I drove the new Peugeot 208, which was named European Car of the Year back in March. Sadly this lingering Covid-19 means that the Irish Motor Writers’ cannot hold their annual awards dinner this year; if they did I’m sure the 208 […]

Following on from my last article, which covered preparing your home for Christmas, I was going to write about new trends for 2021 in this article  but I’ve decided to leave that until after Christmas. Instead let’s focus on the here and now and try to brighten up our homes […]

By Mike Collard of Future Forests Hedges have been planted and tended for a long time in Ireland. It is likely that man was deliberately planting trees as long ago as the Bronze Age. The origins of the first ‘plant nursery’ are lost in the depths of time. Was it […]

Clonakilty Chamber of Commerce has some lovely prizes up its sleeve for budding artists! Simply right click on the image above to download this picture, colour in and drop your entry into the Christmas post box on Astna Square. NB: Please include your name, age and contact email.

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