Opinion
Half a million children living in poverty
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR At least 581,000 people are living in poverty in Ireland today of which 164,000 are children. This is according to the latest CSO report; a household survey covering a broad range of issues in relation to income and living conditions. The increasing number of people experiencing deprivation is a clear …
Eight tips for health & happiness!
BY ANDREW MCDONALD HYPNOTHERAPIST Listen to country music: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Dolly Parton could make you live longer! Cardiovascular experts found country music affects listeners’ bodies by dilating their veins, increasing blood flow and leading to better heart health. Fans of events like the Kilkenny Country Music Festival will say ‘I told you …
Our wastefulness gives us food for thought
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS Hands up those who remember real fried bread? Not the limp, half-hearted specimen that shuffles unashamedly these days around the plate of a Full Irish but the genuine article fried in the fat left over from the Sunday roast. In those days real men (and women) knew their …
Denis (Dency) Walsh, a great local character who died on May 17th
A pall of sorrow hung over Callan this month. A great singing voice had fallen silent when Denis Walsh of Mellows Park, better known to his friends as Dency, said goodbye to the world. He passed away peacefully on May 17th at St Luke’s Hospital. He was in his eighties. For decades he blazed trail …
Two little dogs
In these times of constant doom-talk, it’s nice to go back to youthful days, simpler times, and think of the bonds between country people and their dogs. The canine pal back then had a useful part to play in human lives, be it fetching idle-minded cows for milking, keeping manners on deceitful and deadly bulls, …
Here’s how to save on rising petrol costs
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR With the sharp rise in petrol and diesel costs over the past weeks many drivers are thinking about ways to save on fuel and where is the best price to be got at the pumps. A quick search online brought up a newish comparison site called Pumps.ie. The site has …
Pro-peptase complex IRC a proteolytic enzyme
BY CLAIR WHITTY At Natural Health Store we often get asked why we choose certain brands, or what is the difference between the brands we select, in particular with the supplements. One brand we love is Terranova. Terranova promises never to use in-active additives such as fillers, binders or sweeteners. They also prefer capsules to …
Avoiding toothache needn’t be a pain in the… mouth!
BY ANDREW MCDONALD HYPNOTHERAPIST Of all body pains, there’s nothing quite like a toothache. Maybe it’s that your mouth is so close to your brain that an oral abscess is excruciating. The throbbing doesn’t have far to travel, so it makes its presence known very quickly. You’re programmed to be particularly sensitive to your head, …
Never was to be a happy ending for Wagatha trial
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON Question: if two men appeared in a high- profile court case would there be coverage abut how much they had spent on their outfits or comparing their hairstyles? No, of course not. But that is exactly what happened in the libel trial of Rebekah Vardy versus Coleen Rooney, because …
Move on Roe v Wade will see a dystopian society
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS When news of the US Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe v Wade was leaked, millions of Americans were caught off-guard, despite six of the court’s nine judges considered conservative. Up to 69% of Americans are against overturning the legislation, which next year will be 50 years in …
