Shane is still coming to terms with his first ever triumph at the prestigious national senior championships which are held on an annual basis. The modest star was delighted with his gold medal. “I was absolutely delighted. It was my first time winning a national senior title. I have won […]
Guitarist Bill Shanley is a Clonakilty-born session musician, songwriter, performer, and bandleader. He has performed and recorded with Sinéad O’Connor, Mary Black, Liam Clancy, Black Francis (of The Pixies), Paul Brady and Roy Harper, amongst many others. Though he left his childhood home of Shanley’s pub in Clon for Dublin […]
Life is precious and living in this busy world we sometimes forget to ‘stop’ and take a breath and relish simply in our existence. Rushing and running everywhere, frantically moving onto the next ‘thing’ that we ‘must’ do seems to be what LIVING is now reduced to. According to some […]
Even science has confirmed that beauty sleep is not just a myth. At night when we’re sleeping the skin is genetically programmed to switch into recovery. This is when skin repairs and regenerates itself. Fresh and healthy cells rise to the skin’s surface and repair any damage accumulated over the […]
I am sometimes asked by participants on my mindfulness courses, “how long will this take?” It seems a natural wish when we are feeling any emotional or physical discomfort, like stress or exhaustion, to want to feel better ‘now’. I can completely identify with that sense of grasping or impatience […]
Photo : Marilyn Glenville We recently welcomed nutritionist and author Marilyn Glenville to Bantry to give a talk in the Maritime Hotel, which was a huge success with a turnout of over 80 people (more than had attended the Cork event the previous evening – not that we’re counting!). This […]