High cholesterol is a risk factor for heart attacks and stroke. I am often asked if it’s possible to lower cholesterol naturally. Most of you can do this with simple changes to your diet and lifestyle, and sometimes supplements. My own cholesterol reading was 6.7, possibly high because of the excesses of Covid. I have six …

Mobile No 086 1746330 Email: recoverycollegesoutheast@gmail.com You are invited to join us in our new Online Recovery Education Programme. It is free and will help us all feel connected and supported during these times of uncertainty. Follow the simple steps below to connect to our online interactive workshops. Text your name and the names of …

Do you have a stubborn cough that you just can’t shift? A stubborn chesty or dry cough can be so annoying. I think because a cough is one of the symptoms of Covid we can be embarrassed to be heard coughing. I think we all imagine that we are being judged. But it’s the season …

by Jimmy Rhatigan AN ILL and weary Mother Ireland will recover. She will be comforted and cared for by young children of our city and county who are being hailed as the real heroes, the visionaries of Covid-19 ravaged times. The kindness and care of children at the heart of a city centre community is …

AFTER an already challenging year for companies, small businesses are being urged to refocus their minds on Brexit ahead of the December 31 deadline. Irrespective of what happens in talks between the UK and the EU, the transition period expires and that will change Ireland’s trading position with the UK. This means any business that …

Review by Jimmy Rhatigan IT’S a fascinating journey down Memory Lane, Talbot’s Inch Village to be precise, on the periphery of our city, with a focus on Lady Desart and Otway Cuffe. A book just published by O’Dwyer Books, College Gardens, written by Michael O’Dwyer, is exactly what we would expect from a great historian, …

OUR workers deserve a minimum pay of €12.30 an hour, Sinn Féin’s Kathleen Funchion told The Observer. She was speaking after the contradictory position taken by the Government in denying a decent pay increase to low paid workers but gifting Junior Ministers with highly paid advisers. The Government-appointed Low Pay Commission could only manage a …

MACDONAGH Junction Shopping Centre has announced the introduction of autism-friendly retail hours. Aim of is to ensure a more inclusive shopping experience by regulating and reducing the amount of sensory stimulation taking place for people with autism. Reduced noise and lighting levels, priority seating, online social stories and the availability of ear defenders are among …

By Jimmy Rhatigan WHAT WAS our country’s most famous cottage industry? All kinds of everything will be mentioned including pig rearing, knitting and country butter making. These and many more would have been hugely popular but the one to hit the jackpot and maybe the pee-pot was the wonderful, if frowned on occupation of poitíin …