It is well and truly January – a little bleak, a little colder and perhaps a lot of us are a few pounds heavier! To be truthful, I think that adding a little weight over the holidays is beneficial, it makes us a little more ‘cuddly’ and protects us a […]
New Year is a time for promises and resolutions. When it comes to your health, don’t be too hard on yourself. Try making a few small changes and if you manage to create a new healthy habit or two you can build on that. To help you make a change […]
For as many new years as I can remember I set myself insurmountable goals, mainly to stop smoking and to lose weight and/or get fit. And for as many Monday mornings as I can remember I set myself a harsh dietary regime, which had usually fallen to the wayside by […]
January is a time for reflection. For those of us looking at returning to the workforce it is an opportunity to decide if we want to do what we’ve always done or venture down a new career path. Erin Kelly Ashworth, an employment facilitator with Employability Service West Cork, gives […]
Before Christmas I received an email asking me if I had thought about what we were going to do for Veganuary in the shop (eating vegan food in January) it was from someone called Shane whom I presumed to be Shane Red Strand Coffee. I shot back an answer saying […]
Having read the title of this piece, I can say with some confidence that the first word ‘Swastika’ brought immediately to your mind’s eye, the stereotypical swastika that Hitler used for his Nazi Party. The swastika that represented hate, discrimination and evokes revulsion today in the 21st century. The swastika […]