by Naomi Fein For many people, January is considered a time for change. But I’d like to call September the true moment when change starts. The Irish philosopher John O’Donohue says it best in his essay ‘Thresholds’. A threshold, he says, “is a frontier that divides two different territories, rhythms […]

After spending four decades helping countries and organisations to rebuild after communism, Steven Kelly and Mari Novak finally hung their hats in West Cork. Partners in life and business, the couple, who celebrate 42 years of marriage this year, moved to West Cork from Prague in 2012 with the intention […]

After going into heart failure at the age of 40, Martina Conroy was told she had 18 months to live unless she underwent surgery. In that moment her life changed forever. “You learn what fear really feels like and you stop taking life for granted,” she tells Mary O’Brien. Handed […]

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