I don’t often notice the latest skincare trends, but one caught my eye recently and made me reflect on what I’ve learned over the years about natural skincare. The obsession with Korean-inspired ‘glass skin’ – that impossibly smooth, pore-less, dewy look – is completely unrealistic for those of us with […]
This month’s recipe is based loosely on pisto, a Spanish dish that is related in a Mediterranean way to the ratatouille of France and Caponata of Italy. It’s an everyday dish using summer vegetables cooked slowly, without fuss and often served with a fried egg on top. The runny yolk […]
What is that cold, wet stuff falling from the clouds? What is this chill I feel? And where has the sun gone? After weeks of lovely weather in May, it’s as if I’ve never known a rainy, grey day. Thirty years of living in West Cork, and all it takes […]
The heritage council defines traditional buildings as those constructed before World War II. There are estimated to be 270,000 traditional buildings in Ireland that were built prior to 1945. A traditional building doesn’t necessarily indicate that the property is of particular architectural or historical merit (i.e a listed or protected […]
Have you ever eaten shark? Perhaps you have, unwittingly, if you’ve tried rock salmon or huss, because they are names given by fishmongers and chippies to various species of small sharks; few people in these islands would eat them otherwise. In many parts of the world, however, shark meat is […]
Storm Éowyn and the early January snow aside, the 2025 weather has been relatively kind to farmers. You could nearly say that going back to August last year, we’ve had a good run. It was badly needed, as the previous two years were challenging to say the least, especially the […]