Opinion
Natural remedies for Menopause
BY CLAIR WHITTY Menopause, the journey! Last week I talked about symptoms of the perimenopause and promised that I would talk about supplements to help this week. I mentioned Cleanmarine MenoMin as being a great place to start for both perimenopause and menopause. I like this supplement as it’s a unique combination to help regulate …
Internet safety: what is your child viewing?
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON Talking about their teenage daughters recently, friends spoke about their hopes for their futures but one fear came in for particular mention: social media. When my own daughter was growing up my fear was about stranger danger. Today current fears are very different: while the internet has many benefits, …
A patriotic band…
By John Fitzgerald St. Patrick’s band found itself on the receiving end of the RIC’s last banton charge in Kilkenny. It was on St Patrick’s night (ironically) that, at 7 p.m. a huge force of police, and troops in battle gear, took up positions in front of the theatre. On the opposite side of the …
When I lost my girl to another man
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS It was the text message that started it all, that now had me thinking. Remembering. Watching her come into the world, a squawking, mucus-mass bundle of breathing beauty, to a world back then as uncertain as it is now, to a couple for whom she held an unknown …
And the band played on…
By John Fitzgerald On the eve of the 1884 Manchester Martyrs parade, the police decided to nip the Kilkenny band’s planned seditious behaviour in the bud. RIC Head Constable Meek went to the band hall to warn that any parade that year would be decisively broken up and dispersed. Reluctantly, the band called off its …
The Worshipping of Helena
BY NED EGAN Part 2 All young lads within my ambit had these dreams and fantasies, and little else. We were still only children – but didn’t believe it. Ted Ryan, one of my closest pals, was a local gossoon, of about my age. He used to sing this ‘song’ he’d made up: “Oh fish …
The value we place on a stay-at-home parent
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR Are you thinking of reviewing your life insurance plans and wonder what the proper amount is to insure you and your stay-at-home partner? What monetary value would you use? Before you state a value look at what the average stay-at-home parent does each day; childcare provider, cleaner, general cook, teaching assistant, …
Symptoms of the Perimenopause
BY CLAIR WHITTY The menopause is a journey that is for sure. I know it was for me, but thankfully, I am at the other side now and l feel great. Some of you will begin with perimenopause symptoms in your early thirties but for most women it could be in your late forties. There …
In deep water, when the water dries up
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON Last month we were without water for a day and a half together with a swathe of north Wicklow due to work on a filtration plant. On day one it meant no showers, no loo flushing, dish or other washing. By day two we were buying bottled water and …
Magnificent obsession with the weather
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS What is it, this obsession of ours with the weather? When it’s hot, it’s ‘very hot, isn’t it?’ And when it floods it’s a great excuse to close schools or hospitals and take a day off work. We’re obsessed with climate, though sadly not with climate change and …
