Opinion
Reduce joint pain and stiffness naturally
BY CLAIR WHITTY Is joint pain and stiffness holding you back from doing the things you love? Daily wear and tear can cause the breakdown of cartilage between the joints reducing the natural cushioning that occurs there. This can happen from natural ageing, being active like walking, running, or cycling. Sometimes doing the same movements …
Reading keeps you (your brain, anyway) young!
BY ANDREW MCDONALD HYPNOTHERAPIST Your mind, like your body, needs exercise. Working it helps it stay fit and healthy. Reading is one activity which stimulates mental activity, keeping your brain young. Don’t want to take my word for it? Health studies have demonstrated how a primary benefit of reading is preventing Alzheimer’s and dementia. Books …
Ukraine: a global approach to give peace a chance?
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON Imagine you are at a rugby match where one side starts beating up spectators. They inflict brutal damage on supporters of the other team while their own supporters cheer them on. The other spectators watch with reactions running the gamut of disbelief, outrage and horror. But they carry on …
Why the Angelus still chimes for most of us
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS Right, let us pause for the Angelus, my father would say, the fork-full of beans on toast suspended midway to my mouth, my younger brother kicking me under the table. And so we paused. Froze. Perfectly still, like the painted picture on the old black-and-white telly in the …
Staying hale and hearty in your retirement
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR Retirement is often seen as a reward for a lifetime of hard work and dedication. All those long hours should lead to years of relaxation and freedom. We’re living longer. In fact, today’s retirees can look forward to enjoying two to three decades of life after work. We’re also fitter …
There be giants : why we need more trees
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON Every now and then I come across a mind-boggling fact. Here’s one: a mature native oak tree may host many hundreds of species. Imagine that; whether you are a bird or a beetle, a mouse or a moss, a fungi or a fern, you can call that tree home. …
Natural care for your teeth
BY CLAIR WHITTY Care for your teeth and gums the natural way with Buccotherm, natural oral care for the whole family. Used and trusted by dentists and hygienists in France, Buccotherm make a full range of oral care products including toothpaste, oral sprays and chewing gum. Every Buccotherm product is formulated with thermal spring water, …
How you defeat your anxiety with hypnotherapy
BY ANDREW MCDONALD HYPNOTHERAPIST You have two major parts of your mind. The conscious and the subconscious. The first is responsible for all the things you do deliberately, the second for everything you do on autopilot. All purposeful action is controlled by your conscious. All your behaviours and habits by your subconscious. Which do you …
When women are no longer defined by motherhood
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS Here’s a couple of salient facts: for the first time in the history of humankind, globally, fertility is at its lowest, and there are arguments about how this will impact on climate change. Secondly, for the first time in history, half the women in Ireland, England and Wales …
Pensions: understanding what drives markets
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR According to the March Pension Fund Statistics (Q4 -2021) report published by the Central Bank total assets in the sector grew by 4% over Q4-2021 to stand at €135.5 billion. This is due to increases in pension fund reserves (€2.8 billion) and investment fund shares (€1.9 billion). Irish pension funds …
